A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.31 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:15 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/16 / 2016-04-23 11:24:15 / April 23, 2016 @ 11:24 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.5008 West, latitude -19.7091 South, depth = 89.31 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005l6h. Unique identifier: us20005l6h.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km NE of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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