A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Arica in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.6548 West, latitude -18.2728 South, depth = 60.379 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/06/24 / 2024-06-07 05:47:36 / June 7, 2024 @ 5:47 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:47:36 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mqwb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqwb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 60.379 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ilabaya, Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Ilabaya (c. 9 500 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km WNW of Arica, Chile.
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