A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from La Serena in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 09:58:46 / 9:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.2357° West, latitude -29.3577° South, depth = 50.381 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.381 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 09:58:46 / December 30, 2024 @ 9:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pggx. Unique identifier: us6000pggx.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, Coquimbo, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 60 km N of La Serena, Chile.
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