A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from La Serena in Chile on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 04:35:09 / March 24, 2025 @ 4:35 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 84.885 km (53 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:35:09 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2146 West, latitude -29.6868 South, depth = 84.885 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pm5f. Id of event: us7000pm5f.

Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ovalle, Vicuña, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 24 km N of La Serena, Chile.

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