A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The temblor was detected at 11:53:02 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 15:53:02 / August 28, 2019 @ 3:53 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.99 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -70.3767° West, -20.594° South, depth 31.99 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005966. Id of event: us70005966. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five 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 quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 47 km SSW of Iquique, Chile.
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