A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Arica in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -69.8405° West, -18.774° South, depth 76.92 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/15 / 2015-11-16 04:55:35 / November 16, 2015 @ 4:55 am. The temblor was detected at 01:55:35 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 76.92 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003yl3. Id of event: us10003yl3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km SE of Arica, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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