A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 12:04:10 / September 8, 2024 @ 12:04 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3902 West, latitude -20.3263 South, depth = 111.381 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.381 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqgi. Unique identifier: us6000nqgi. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:10 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km E of La Tirana, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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