A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20003kgj. Event ids that are associated: us20003kgj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:18:32 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.3935 West, latitude -30.8984 South, depth = 42.37 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.37 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 04:18:32 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:18 am.
The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Coquimbo, Illapel. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 38 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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