A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, West Chile Rise (0 miles). Unique identifier: us2000jcg3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jcg3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.69 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 17:55:40 / February 2, 2019 @ 5:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:55:40 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -88.2402° West, -41.3279° South, depth 16.69 km.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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