A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from La Tirana in Chile on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.851 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:08:13 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2301 West, latitude -20.2878 South, depth = 102.851 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbgu. Unique identifier: us7000pbgu. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 09:08:13 / February 5, 2025 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km E of La Tirana, Chile.
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