A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Mejillones in Chile on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:36:15 / 10:36 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 81.822 km, -69.8097° West, -23.2149° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 22:36:15 / July 4, 2024 @ 10:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.822 km (51 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mx5a. Unique identifier: us7000mx5a.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 66 km E of Mejillones, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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