A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. 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 106.46 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -69.5005° West, -19.5821° South, depth 106.46 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:25:36 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000j0w5. Event ids that are associated: us2000j0w5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 20:25:36 / January 6, 2019 @ 8:25 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (61 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 97 km NE of Iquique, Chile.
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