A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.59 km (17 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:00:50 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.9218° West, -24.7778° South, depth 27.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/03/19 / 2019-03-28 21:00:50 / March 28, 2019 @ 9:00 pm. Event id: us2000k6sf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k6sf.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 83 km (51 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km NNW of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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