A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:44:55 / 8:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0654 West, latitude -25.4207 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0yh. Id of event: us2000j0yh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/19 / 2019-01-07 01:44:55 / January 7, 2019 @ 1:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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. 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: 58 km W of Taltal, Chile.
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