A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Arica in Chile. Unique identifier: us1000dysm. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dysm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.37 km (64 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -69.8216 West, latitude -18.8308 South, depth = 103.37 km. The temblor was reported at 08:46:43 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 12:46:43 / May 5, 2018 @ 12:46 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km SE of Arica, Chile.
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