A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 20 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile (12 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 20:15:19 / July 14, 2024 @ 8:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 128.247 km (80 miles). Unique identifier: us7000mz8u. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mz8u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:15:19 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4306 West, latitude -21.3161 South, depth = 128.247 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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