A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Barrio Industrial in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 44.314 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -70.0947° West, -19.9375° South, depth 44.314 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:06:01 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 04:06:01 / March 5, 2025 @ 4:06 am. Event id: us6000pwyv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pwyv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km N of Barrio Industrial, Chile.
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