A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile on Thursday. Global time and date of event 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 20:40:32 / September 17, 2015 @ 8:40 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.79 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20003kwk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003kwk. Exact location of event, depth 21.79 km, -71.9354° West, -29.9896° South. The temblor was picked up at 20:40:32 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
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