A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The temblor was reported at 04:14:31 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.8542° West, latitude -19.939° South, depth = 29.72 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000416b. Unique identifier: us2000416b. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.72 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 09:14:31 / November 1, 2015 @ 9:14 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 80 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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