A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tocopilla in Chile. The temblor was detected at 13:09:23 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.6 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -70.3962 West, latitude -21.9945 South, depth = 35.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600044vy. Id of event: us600044vy. Global time and date of event 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 17:09:23 / June 23, 2019 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop).
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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km WNW of Tocopilla, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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