A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:04:47 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 72.62 km (45 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/19 / 2019-08-20 17:04:47 / August 20, 2019 @ 5:04 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.7931 West, latitude -23.3685 South, depth = 72.62 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us600057jc. Ids that are associated to the event: us600057jc.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 69 km (43 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Antofagasta.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 69 km ENE of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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