A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Iquique in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 14:16:23 / May 17, 2019 @ 2:16 pm. Unique identifier: us70003mi2. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003mi2. Exact location of earthquake, -70.2925° West, -19.8379° South, depth 81.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.73 km (51 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:16:23 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply