A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Castro in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.284 km (31 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nw4y. Unique identifier: us6000nw4y. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/24 / 2024-10-02 18:52:31 / October 2, 2024 @ 6:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -73.9314° West, -42.3475° South, depth 50.284 km. The temblor was detected at 18:52:31 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Castro (c. 29 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ancud (c. 28 000 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Puerto Quellón (c. 21 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Chonchi (c. 12 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Calbuco (c. 12 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calbuco, Puerto Quellón, Ancud (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 19 km NW of Castro, Chile.
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