A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -70.762° West, -24.872° South, depth 18.5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/16 / 2016-09-07 12:01:12 / September 7, 2016 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:12 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006mnp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006mnp.
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 64 km NNW of Taltal, Chile.
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