A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Tocopilla in Chile on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.6 km (18 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006e00. Id of event: us70006e00. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/19 / 2019-11-28 00:23:15 / November 28, 2019 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.368 West, latitude -21.9815 South, depth = 29.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:23:15 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km NW of Tocopilla, Chile.
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