A earthquake with magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:00:21 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/11/15 / 2015-11-27 21:00:21 / November 27, 2015 @ 9:00 pm UTC/GMT. 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 28.95 km (18 miles). Exact location of event, depth 28.95 km, -70.7206° West, -24.8081° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us100041t7. Unique identifier: us100041t7.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.
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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: 69 km NNW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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