A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile (73 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -69.0677° West, -20.5648° South, depth 99.7 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 22:25:41 / October 22, 2018 @ 10:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.7 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:25:41 / 6:25 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hfvc. Unique identifier: us1000hfvc. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 118 km ESE of Iquique, Chile.
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