A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:57:05 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100034cw. Event ids that are associated: us100034cw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 60.44 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -70.4073° West, latitude -19.7424° South, depth = 60.44 km. Global time and date of event 23/08/15 / 2015-08-23 20:57:05 / August 23, 2015 @ 8:57 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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