A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:44:44 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 07:44:44 / January 30, 2019 @ 7:44 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.64 km (24 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.7335° West, latitude -25.9299° South, depth = 38.64 km. Unique identifier: us1000iryd. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000iryd.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 63 km SSW of Taltal, Chile.
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