A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Salamanca in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 05:04:14 / December 9, 2019 @ 5:04 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:04:14 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 115.31 km, -70.3826° West, -32.0742° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006p43. Id of event: us60006p43. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.31 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Llaillay (c. 16 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, La Ligua, Illapel.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 64 km ESE of Salamanca, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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