A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 56.36 km (35 miles). Global time and date of event 11/04/19 / 2019-04-11 17:07:31 / April 11, 2019 @ 5:07 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 13:07:31 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.916° West, latitude -24.6413° South, depth = 56.36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700034ju. Id of event: us700034ju. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 103 km (64 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 101 km NE of Taltal, Chile.
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