A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/17 / 2017-12-29 23:00:57 / December 29, 2017 @ 11:00 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -118.4953 West, latitude -52.8545 South, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:00:57 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ciyi. Id of event: us2000ciyi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five 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.
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