A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto Cisnes in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.301 km (37 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -73.7142 West, latitude -44.8617 South, depth = 59.301 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:49 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 16:21:49 / August 26, 2024 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nmw5. Id of event: us6000nmw5.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puerto Aisén (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 100 km (62 miles) from Puerto Aisén (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 81 km W of Puerto Cisnes, Chile.
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