A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j5uc. Id of event: us2000j5uc. Exact location of event, longitude -70.3885 West, latitude -25.4722 South, depth = 36.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:32:48 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 36.71 km (23 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 16:32:48 / January 2, 2019 @ 4:32 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SE of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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