A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 104 kilometers (65 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -71.0932 West, latitude -19.9291 South, depth = 6.05 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/02/19 / 2019-02-06 17:56:48 / February 6, 2019 @ 5:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.05 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000je9g. Unique identifier: us2000je9g. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:56:48 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique. Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 104 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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