A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/24 / 2024-09-19 06:50:44 / September 19, 2024 @ 6:50 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 40.199 km (25 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:50:44 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.4568 West, latitude -30.7269 South, depth = 40.199 km. Id of earthquake: us6000nt07. Event ids that are associated: us6000nt07.
Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
Did you feel anything?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply