A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Exact location, longitude -72.1216° West, latitude -29.657° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:06:47 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003lql. Unique identifier: us20003lql. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/15 / 2015-09-19 05:06:47 / September 19, 2015 @ 5:06 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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