A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:33:12 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.55 km (66 miles). Global time and date of event 02/11/18 / 2018-11-02 17:33:12 / November 2, 2018 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000i60b. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000i60b. Exact location of earthquake, -69.7583° West, -25.1651° South, depth 106.55 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 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 one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km ENE of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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