A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:20:30 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/24 / 2024-12-09 10:20:30 / December 9, 2024 @ 10:20 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.635 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.8075° West, -32.0914° South, depth 35.635 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000nx9r. Event ids that are associated: us7000nx9r.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Salamanca, Illapel, La Ligua. Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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