A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -70.8808° West, latitude -20.0783° South, depth = 12.26 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:21:20 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003jtk. Event ids that are associated: us20003jtk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 21:21:20 / September 15, 2015 @ 9:21 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.26 km (8 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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