A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ufj. Id of event: us10004ufj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.45 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:32:58 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 15:32:58 / February 29, 2016 @ 3:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -70.6727° West, -20.4331° South, depth 30.45 km.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (38 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 60 km WSW of Iquique, Chile.
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