A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Camiña in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6099 West, latitude -18.8861 South, depth = 100.136 km. The temblor was reported at 01:44:38 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000n7q4. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7q4. Global time and date of event 18/08/24 / 2024-08-18 01:44:38 / August 18, 2024 @ 1:44 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.136 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 51 km NNW of Camiña, Chile.
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