A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Arica in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.616 km (23 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.8085 West, latitude -18.5468 South, depth = 36.616 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 11:36:26 / August 17, 2024 @ 11:36 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000n7ls. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7ls. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:36:26 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km W of Arica, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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