A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Arica in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.22 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us10004s38. Event ids that are associated: us10004s38. Exact location of earthquake, -70.2384° West, -18.9532° South, depth 68.22 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/16 / 2016-02-20 07:03:31 / February 20, 2016 @ 7:03 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:03:31 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica. Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 53 km S of Arica, Chile.
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