A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 83 kilometers (52 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/20 / 2020-07-02 12:35:45 / July 2, 2020 @ 12:35 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -72.2431° West, -34.1228° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:35:45 / 12:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000agmd. Unique identifier: us7000agmd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Santa Cruz, Cartagena, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 83 km SW of San Antonio, Chile.
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