A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported Tarapaca, Chile kilometers (0 miles) from Tarapaca, Chile on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/19 / 2019-05-18 23:32:32 / May 18, 2019 @ 11:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -69.2867° West, -20.154° South, depth 106.21 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.21 km (66 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003n4i. Unique identifier: us70003n4i. The temblor was picked up at 23:32:32 / 11:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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