A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Iquique in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/21 / 2021-02-13 18:49:42 / February 13, 2021 @ 6:49 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:49:42 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 30.87 km (19 miles). Exact location, longitude -70.5714° West, latitude -20.4982° South, depth = 30.87 km. Unique identifier: us6000dhgh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dhgh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km SW of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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