A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003fe4. Unique identifier: us20003fe4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.07 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:28:51 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2534 West, latitude -19.791 South, depth = 97.07 km. Global time and date of event 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 15:28:51 / September 1, 2015 @ 3:28 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 104 km ENE of Iquique, Chile.
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