A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 03:48:13 / December 12, 2015 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004gnl. Unique identifier: us20004gnl. Exact location, longitude -70.484° West, latitude -25.543° South, depth = 57.6 km. The temblor was detected at 00:48:13 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.6 km (36 miles).
Event epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km S of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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