A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Arica in Chile. 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 73.52 km (46 miles). Exact location of event, depth 73.52 km, -70.4331° West, -18.3813° South. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:16:15 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70003alj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003alj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/19 / 2019-04-23 10:16:15 / April 23, 2019 @ 10:16 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 17 km NW of Arica, Chile.
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