A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 36.65 km (23 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006wv2. Id of event: us70006wv2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:09:48 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 10:09:48 / January 9, 2020 @ 10:09 am. Exact location, longitude -70.0712° West, latitude -19.66° South, depth = 36.65 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 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 one and in the last 365 days thirty-one 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 62 km N of Iquique, Chile.
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