A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Taltal in Chile. The temblor was reported at 13:18:04 / 1:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 13:18:04 / June 26, 2024 @ 1:18 pm. Event id: us6000n895. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n895. The epicenter was at a depth of 35.538 km (22 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0165 West, latitude -26.0846 South, depth = 35.538 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Diego de Almagro, Taltal. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Diego de Almagro (c. 18 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).
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 one 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 92 km SW of Taltal, Chile.
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