A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Huara in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.7 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/24 / 2024-09-07 04:13:46 / September 7, 2024 @ 4:13 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:13:46 / 4:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2846 West, latitude -19.9013 South, depth = 99.7 km. Unique identifier: us6000nq8t. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nq8t.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 52 km ENE of Huara, Chile.
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