A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Arica in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.09 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/19 / 2019-04-13 12:43:13 / April 13, 2019 @ 12:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -71.1043° West, latitude -18.5587° South, depth = 43.09 km. The temblor was reported at 07:43:13 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us700035e5. Ids that are associated to the event: us700035e5.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 84 km W of Arica, Chile.
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