A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Event id: us20003k38. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003k38. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.4 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 18:56:10 / September 16, 2015 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:56:10 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.8658° West, latitude -19.9569° South, depth = 12.4 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 81 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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