A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Taltal in Chile on Saturday. Event id: us70003d8u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003d8u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.2038 West, latitude -25.9005 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/04/19 / 2019-04-28 03:19:18 / April 28, 2019 @ 3:19 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:19:18 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 91 km SW of Taltal, Chile.
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