A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:41:25 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/19 / 2019-08-11 07:41:25 / August 11, 2019 @ 7:41 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600053ne. Id of event: us600053ne. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.88 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -70.938 West, latitude -25.0053 South, depth = 29.88 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 sixteen 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. 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: 63 km NW of Taltal, Chile.
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