A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.185 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000patn. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000patn. Exact location of earthquake, -71.4793° West, -30.7109° South, depth 43.185 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:54:16 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/02/25 / 2025-02-02 13:54:16 / February 2, 2025 @ 1:54 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo. Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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