A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Id of earthquake: us10007uuv. Event ids that are associated: us10007uuv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -70.774° West, latitude -20.2339° South, depth = 17.82 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.82 km (11 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:36:08 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/01/17 / 2017-01-22 16:36:08 / January 22, 2017 @ 4:36 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 65 km W of Iquique, Chile.
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