A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from La Tirana in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -69.2536 West, latitude -20.366 South, depth = 84.264 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 84.264 km (52 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000pjue. Event ids that are associated: us6000pjue. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/01/25 / 2025-01-14 00:23:30 / January 14, 2025 @ 12:23 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:23:30 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 42 km E of La Tirana, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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