A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 06/11/24 / 2024-11-06 02:50:27 / November 6, 2024 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 43.383 km, -71.5492° West, -31.7172° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.383 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:50:27 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nq6n. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nq6n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, Salamanca, Illapel. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km WSW of Illapel, Chile.
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