A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 59.04 km (37 miles). Exact location of event, depth 59.04 km, -70.1183° West, -24.5457° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000k6jm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k6jm. The temblor was picked up at 11:05:32 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/19 / 2019-03-28 15:05:32 / March 28, 2019 @ 3:05 pm.
Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta, Taltal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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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: 101 km NNE of Taltal, Chile.
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