A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. The temblor was detected at 02:49:24 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.7683° West, latitude -26.2998° South, depth = 26.203 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/02/25 / 2025-02-19 02:49:24 / February 19, 2025 @ 2:49 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.203 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000peni. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000peni.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile.
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