A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from San Felipe in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/24 / 2024-12-30 06:18:14 / December 30, 2024 @ 6:18 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:18:14 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 100.28 km, -70.4672° West, -32.4765° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 100.28 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgfj. Unique identifier: us6000pgfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chicureo Abajo, Salamanca, Quillota (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Chicureo Abajo (c. 18 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 38 km NE of San Felipe, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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