A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.27 km (28 miles). Event id: us7000abls. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000abls. The temblor was detected at 07:30:28 / 7:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.1098° West, latitude -19.9889° South, depth = 44.27 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/20 / 2020-06-25 07:30:28 / June 25, 2020 @ 7:30 am.
The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km N of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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