A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.4 km (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007f5v. Id of event: us20007f5v. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:11:32 / 4:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/10/16 / 2016-10-18 20:11:32 / October 18, 2016 @ 8:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.471 West, latitude -25.634 South, depth = 72.4 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 25 km S of Taltal, Chile.
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