A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile (37 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.671 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 115.671 km, -68.7254° West, -21.5449° South. The temblor was detected at 06:35:17 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nwgd. Id of event: us6000nwgd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 06:35:17 / October 4, 2024 @ 6:35 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile.
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