A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported offshore Coquimbo, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from offshore Coquimbo, Chile on Monday. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:24:29 / 12:24 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006c1k. Event ids that are associated: us10006c1k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.82 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 12:24:29 / August 8, 2016 @ 12:24 pm. Exact location of event, depth 11.82 km, -71.8026° West, -31.5946° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days five hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: offshore Coquimbo, Chile.
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