A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/11/19 / 2019-11-04 09:19:55 / November 4, 2019 @ 9:19 am. Exact location of event, depth 65.33 km, -70.7577° West, -25.8585° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 65.33 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:19:55 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700062ua. Id of event: us700062ua.
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 57 km (35 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 Diego de Almagro, Taltal.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km SSW of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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