A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000apea. Id of event: us7000apea. Exact location of earthquake, -70.2749° West, -20.1703° South, depth 39.98 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.98 km (25 miles). Global time and date of event 15/07/20 / 2020-07-15 22:47:20 / July 15, 2020 @ 10:47 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:47:20 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 15 km (9 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km WNW of Iquique, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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