A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 159 km W of Copiapó, Chile (99 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 18:49:35 / September 27, 2024 @ 6:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:49:35 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9484 West, latitude -27.3977 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngvy. Id of event: us7000ngvy.
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 159 km W of Copiapó, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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