A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.58 West, latitude -20.24 South, depth = 108 km. Global time and date of event 14/08/16 / 2016-08-14 13:28:43 / August 14, 2016 @ 1:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108 km (67 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:28:43 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006dri. Id of event: us10006dri.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km E of Iquique, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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