A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzn6. Unique identifier: us6000nzn6. Exact location, longitude -71.4219° West, latitude -28.6131° South, depth = 37.295 km. The temblor was detected at 22:35:56 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 22:35:56 / October 18, 2024 @ 10:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.295 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 64 km W of Vallenar, Chile.
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