A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Unique identifier: us60007ibj. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007ibj. Exact location of earthquake, -72.3445° West, -30.2659° South, depth 10 km. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:16:44 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/20 / 2020-01-28 18:16:44 / January 28, 2020 @ 6:16 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo. Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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