A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:40:24 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 01:40:24 / December 12, 2016 @ 1:40 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000802x. Id of event: us2000802x. Exact location of event, depth 50.4 km, -71.3951° West, -30.9581° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 50.4 km (31 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 100 km (62 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 six and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
Did you feel anything?
How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 44 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply