A major earthquake with magnitude 7.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 127 kilometers (79 miles) from Iquique in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.333° West, latitude -19.96° South, depth = 33 km. Unique identifier: pt15259054. Ids that are associated to the event: pt15259054. Global time and date of event 16/09/15 / 2015-09-16 22:54:30 / September 16, 2015 @ 10:54 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:54:30 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 128 km (80 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 127 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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