A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Id of earthquake: us20006u5y. Event ids that are associated: us20006u5y. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.4 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 10:08:36 / August 26, 2016 @ 10:08 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:08:36 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 60.4 km, -70.402° West, -25.102° South.
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NNE of Taltal, Chile.
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