A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Huara in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q510. Unique identifier: us6000q510. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:39:21 / 1:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -69.8513° West, latitude -20.009° South, depth = 49.792 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 01:39:21 / April 10, 2025 @ 1:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.792 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 8 km W of Huara, Chile.
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