A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 35.82 km, -70.8795° West, -24.726° South. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:47:51 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/03/16 / 2016-03-10 23:47:51 / March 10, 2016 @ 11:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004xti. Id of event: us10004xti. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.82 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 86 km (53 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km NNW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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