A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile (26 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:53:07 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nsvp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nsvp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.211 km (91 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 13:53:07 / September 18, 2024 @ 1:53 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.4398 West, latitude -21.5643 South, depth = 147.211 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile.
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