A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 23.34 km, -71.1033° West, -25.8335° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.34 km (15 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: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 13:01:40 / December 21, 2018 @ 1:01 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:01:40 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000ivv4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivv4.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 78 km SW of Taltal, Chile.
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