A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 97 km E of Copiapó, Chile (60 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 02:09:53 / October 24, 2024 @ 2:09 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 98.918 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nmsg. Event ids that are associated: us7000nmsg. Exact location, longitude -69.3481° West, latitude -27.3314° South, depth = 98.918 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:09:53 / 2:09 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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.
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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. 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: 97 km E of Copiapó, Chile.
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