A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.9444 West, latitude -25.007 South, depth = 24.767 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:14:13 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pb63. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pb63. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 05:14:13 / February 4, 2025 @ 5:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 24.767 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 64 km NW of Taltal, Chile.
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