A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 11/02/18 / 2018-02-11 23:11:53 / February 11, 2018 @ 11:11 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:11:53 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000d0nx. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d0nx. Exact location of event, longitude -71.0147 West, latitude -25.6746 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 61 km WSW of Taltal, Chile.
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