A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -71.7368° West, latitude -30.6928° South, depth = 34.189 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.189 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000pmgi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pmgi. The temblor was reported at 20:54:31 / 8:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/25 / 2025-01-26 20:54:31 / January 26, 2025 @ 8:54 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 52 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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