A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Arica in Chile. The temblor was detected at 01:00:53 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003xys. Id of event: us70003xys. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/19 / 2019-06-11 05:00:53 / June 11, 2019 @ 5:00 am. Exact location of event, depth 61 km, -70.4092° West, -18.8753° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61 km (38 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arica. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 45 km SSW of Arica, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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