A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Event id: us1000ehx8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ehx8. Exact location of event, longitude -70.8721 West, latitude -20.2006 South, depth = 15.27 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:30:24 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.27 km (9 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 14:30:24 / June 3, 2018 @ 2:30 pm.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km W of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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