A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 04:18:51 / 4:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 66.52 km (41 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.43° West, latitude -19.6743° South, depth = 66.52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008wmb. Unique identifier: us70008wmb. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 09:18:51 / April 15, 2020 @ 9:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 67 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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