A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Taltal in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.5533 West, latitude -25.1557 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/09/24 / 2024-09-30 06:42:22 / September 30, 2024 @ 6:42 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:42:22 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nh6t. Unique identifier: us7000nh6t.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taltal. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km NNW of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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