A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Iquique in Chile on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 37.86 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/11/19 / 2019-11-27 13:41:31 / November 27, 2019 @ 1:41 pm. The temblor was reported at 08:41:31 / 8:41 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006drf. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006drf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.3999 West, latitude -20.4339 South, depth = 37.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km SW of Iquique, Chile.
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