A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 14:33:59 / April 3, 2019 @ 2:33 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -70.0259° West, -20.8485° South, depth 74.19 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000k9wf. Id of event: us2000k9wf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 74.19 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:33:59 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 70 km S of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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