A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 20 km SE of Camiña, Chile (12 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.273 West, latitude -19.4227 South, depth = 113.012 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.012 km (70 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nzkn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzkn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 16:00:44 / December 17, 2024 @ 4:00 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:00:44 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SE of Camiña, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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