A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:41:17 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/24 / 2024-08-07 16:41:17 / August 7, 2024 @ 4:41 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.3543 West, latitude -29.6757 South, depth = 46.708 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 46.708 km (29 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ninh. Id of event: us6000ninh.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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