A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 116 km WNW of Iquique, Chile (72 miles). Exact location, longitude -71.1487° West, latitude -19.7614° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:25:56 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70006wym. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006wym. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 16:25:56 / January 9, 2020 @ 4:25 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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