A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:19:03 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.98 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/17 / 2017-10-21 16:19:03 / October 21, 2017 @ 4:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000av8j. Id of event: us1000av8j. Exact location, longitude -69.8149° West, latitude -20.7694° South, depth = 60.98 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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: 69 km SSE of Iquique, Chile.
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