A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:05:15 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.2266° West, latitude -25.5816° South, depth = 20.29 km. Global time and date of event 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 23:05:15 / February 24, 2016 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.29 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004syt. Unique identifier: us10004syt.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eleven 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km WSW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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