A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Iquique in Chile. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:11:42 / 8:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/18 / 2018-10-02 12:11:42 / October 2, 2018 @ 12:11 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000h5ld. Event ids that are associated: us1000h5ld. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3316 West, latitude -20.3151 South, depth = 83.48 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 83.48 km (52 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 85 km E of Iquique, Chile.
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