A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 18:54:27 / September 15, 2015 @ 6:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -70.9147° West, -20.0221° South, depth 14 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:54:27 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003jr5. Unique identifier: us20003jr5. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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