A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The temblor was detected at 07:20:30 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 53.67 km (33 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -70.0443° West, -20.8239° South, depth 53.67 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006ypy. Unique identifier: us70006ypy. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 11:20:30 / January 12, 2020 @ 11:20 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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 earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 67 km S of Iquique, Chile.
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