A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Coquimbo, Chile. Exact location, longitude -71.2582° West, latitude -30.7965° South, depth = 13.35 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003klt. Unique identifier: us20003klt. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.35 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 16:08:32 / September 17, 2015 @ 4:08 pm. The temblor was detected at 16:08:32 / 4:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
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 thirty-two, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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