A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Talcahuano in Chile on Sunday. Global time and date of event 24/04/16 / 2016-04-24 11:27:43 / April 24, 2016 @ 11:27 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005cyx. Id of event: us10005cyx. Exact location of event, longitude -73.507 West, latitude -36.158 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:27:43 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Concepción, Penco, Talcahuano (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 71 km NNW of Talcahuano, Chile.
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