A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Illapel in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000n9x5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n9x5. Exact location, longitude -71.7805° West, latitude -31.758° South, depth = 41.509 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.509 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/24 / 2024-07-02 22:42:45 / July 2, 2024 @ 10:42 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:45 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 59 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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