A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 161 km WSW of Corral, Chile (100 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -75.1337 West, latitude -40.5333 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 09:13:06 / December 21, 2024 @ 9:13 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000p0kp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0kp. The temblor was detected at 09:13:06 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 161 km WSW of Corral, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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