A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.8223 West, latitude -25.0879 South, depth = 48.41 km. Unique identifier: us2000b16k. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000b16k. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:38:59 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.41 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 22:38:59 / October 4, 2017 @ 10:38 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). 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. 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 one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NW of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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