A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Alto Hospicio in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:09:12 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.528 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 04:09:12 / December 18, 2024 @ 4:09 am. Id of earthquake: us7000nzpr. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzpr. Exact location of event, longitude -70.0146 West, latitude -20.2093 South, depth = 58.528 km.
The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NE of Alto Hospicio, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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