A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Arica in Chile. 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 31.75 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 05:03:05 / April 12, 2020 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:03:05 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008ukw. Unique identifier: us70008ukw. Exact location, longitude -70.1387° West, latitude -19.2393° South, depth = 31.75 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km SSE of Arica, Chile.
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