A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Copiapó in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/24 / 2024-10-15 19:34:28 / October 15, 2024 @ 7:34 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:34:28 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.993 km (74 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000nywf. Event ids that are associated: us6000nywf. Exact location of earthquake, -69.5327° West, -27.5001° South, depth 118.993 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 80 km E of Copiapó, Chile.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply