A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Vallenar in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 57.687 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 07:58:17 / December 18, 2024 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -71.0108 West, latitude -28.1292 South, depth = 57.687 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzqr. Id of event: us7000nzqr. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:17 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop).
Each 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 55 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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