A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Global time and date of event 22/06/18 / 2018-06-22 01:41:54 / June 22, 2018 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ey8e. Unique identifier: us1000ey8e. Exact location of event, longitude -70.5131 West, latitude -19.4742 South, depth = 60.13 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:41:54 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.13 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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