A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile. Unique identifier: us7000nn2i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nn2i. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:38:05 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/24 / 2024-10-25 05:38:05 / October 25, 2024 @ 5:38 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 127.376 km (79 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -68.5302° West, latitude -21.7442° South, depth = 127.376 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 64 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile.
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