A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Puerto in Chile. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:26:59 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 16:26:59 / December 9, 2024 @ 4:26 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -70.339 West, latitude -20.2478 South, depth = 33.8 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.8 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxbn. Unique identifier: us7000nxbn.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
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. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 19 km W of Puerto, Chile.
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