A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Iquique in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -70.7917 West, latitude -20.234 South, depth = 33.2 km. Event id: us1000600d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000600d. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 08:26:59 / July 5, 2016 @ 8:26 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33.2 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:26:59 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-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 quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 67 km W of Iquique, Chile.
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