A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 05:33:10 / December 11, 2018 @ 5:33 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000isff. Unique identifier: us2000isff. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.53 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:33:10 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.1129° West, -21.0168° South, depth 48.53 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Earthquake epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 nineteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 88 km S of Iquique, Chile.
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