A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -70.1675 West, latitude -20.1326 South, depth = 51.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:29:34 / 12:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008pbr. Id of event: us70008pbr. The epicenter was at a depth of 51.02 km (32 miles). Global time and date of event 05/04/20 / 2020-04-05 16:29:34 / April 5, 2020 @ 4:29 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 10 km (6 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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