A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:03:33 / 5:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 22:03:33 / September 15, 2015 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20003ju2. Event ids that are associated: us20003ju2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -70.8968 West, latitude -20.0463 South, depth = 16.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.3 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (51 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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