A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Illapel in Chile. The temblor was reported at 00:49:33 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20005a3a. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005a3a. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/03/16 / 2016-03-16 03:49:33 / March 16, 2016 @ 3:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, -71.678° West, -31.2371° South, depth 22.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.4 km (14 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Salamanca, Ovalle. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 65 km NW of Illapel, Chile.
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