A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 02:58:18 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 07:58:18 / March 4, 2016 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10004uma. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004uma. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.515 West, latitude -20.8987 South, depth = 51.32 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.32 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 84 km SSW of Iquique, Chile.
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