A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Colbún in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nmst. Unique identifier: us7000nmst. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:23:15 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 32.975 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.7734 West, latitude -36.1465 South, depth = 32.975 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/24 / 2024-10-24 04:23:15 / October 24, 2024 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Parral (c. 26 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Clemente (c. 13 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Longaví (c. 6 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Parral, San Clemente, Longaví.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 75 km SE of Colbún, Chile.
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