A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 11:51:10 / August 14, 2024 @ 11:51 am. The temblor was detected at 11:51:10 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nk2g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nk2g. The epicenter was at a depth of 78.018 km (48 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.3851° West, latitude -25.9128° South, depth = 78.018 km.
Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 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 cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Diego de Almagro, Taltal (min 5000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 56 km S of Taltal, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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