A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -70.2167 West, latitude -24.0128 South, depth = 43.529 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000n933. Event ids that are associated: us6000n933. The temblor was picked up at 04:21:48 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 04:21:48 / June 29, 2024 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.529 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km SSE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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