A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.116 km (86 miles). Event id: us7000nmiy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nmiy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6304 West, latitude -21.7055 South, depth = 139.116 km. The temblor was detected at 00:13:03 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/10/24 / 2024-10-23 00:13:03 / October 23, 2024 @ 12:13 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 66 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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