A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The temblor was reported at 10:37:03 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d5dy. Event ids that are associated: us2000d5dy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 15:37:03 / February 20, 2018 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -70.943° West, latitude -25.2971° South, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal. The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km WNW of Taltal, Chile.
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