A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Serena in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000npid. Unique identifier: us7000npid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.2425° West, latitude -29.6606° South, depth = 68.275 km. The temblor was detected at 07:42:14 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/11/24 / 2024-11-02 07:42:14 / November 2, 2024 @ 7:42 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 68.275 km (42 miles).
Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km N of La Serena, Chile.
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