A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Id of earthquake: us10005d1t. Event ids that are associated: us10005d1t. Exact location of event, longitude -70.7587 West, latitude -25.9087 South, depth = 54.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 54.94 km (34 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 15:53:33 / May 2, 2016 @ 3:53 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:53:33 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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