A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Arica in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 00:02:51 / July 26, 2016 @ 12:02 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:02:51 / 8:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006hmc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006hmc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.52 km (43 miles). Exact location of event, depth 69.52 km, -70.0656° West, -19.1464° South.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two 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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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 SSE of Arica, Chile.
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