A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Arica in Chile. Unique identifier: us70005b1n. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005b1n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:32:17 / 4:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -70.9799° West, -18.6071° South, depth 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 21:32:17 / September 1, 2019 @ 9:32 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 72 km WSW of Arica, Chile.
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