A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d5a1. Id of event: us2000d5a1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.44 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:51:02 / 5:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.6116° West, latitude -20.0677° South, depth = 18.44 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 10:51:02 / February 20, 2018 @ 10:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 52 km (32 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 51 km WNW of Iquique, Chile.
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