A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 17:33:11 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.8 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.0991 West, latitude -20.7402 South, depth = 29.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000556w. Unique identifier: us6000556w. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/08/19 / 2019-08-14 21:33:11 / August 14, 2019 @ 9:33 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km S of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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