A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Diego de Almagro in Chile. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:56:26 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 13:56:26 / July 26, 2020 @ 1:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -69.6147° West, -25.7329° South, depth 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Event id: us6000b4e3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b4e3.
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal, Diego de Almagro (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km NNE of Diego de Almagro, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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