A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:55:00 / 11:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.5736 West, latitude -24.7525 South, depth = 35.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 15:55:00 / December 9, 2018 @ 3:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000i5ca. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000i5ca. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.2 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 fifteen 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km N of Taltal, Chile.
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