A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile (75 miles) on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 124.28 km (77 miles). Exact location of event, depth 124.28 km, -69.1788° West, -19.6141° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/03/16 / 2016-03-25 20:02:10 / March 25, 2016 @ 8:02 pm. Unique identifier: us20005che. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005che. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:02:10 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 six and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 121 km ENE of Iquique, Chile.
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