A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mejillones in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was picked up at 23:16:59 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, -70.4429° West, -22.9373° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 23:16:59 / September 26, 2024 @ 11:16 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngpx. Id of event: us7000ngpx.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km N of Mejillones, Chile.
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