A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.751 West, latitude -20.6387 South, depth = 15.9 km. The temblor was detected at 07:55:40 / 7:55 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005ztz. Id of event: us10005ztz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.9 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 04/07/16 / 2016-07-04 12:55:40 / July 4, 2016 @ 12:55 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 78 km SW of Iquique, Chile.
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