Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake 120 km northeast of Iquique, Chile

Just 21 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Iquique, Provincia de Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile. The tremor was recorded around noon on Wednesday 6 January 2021 at 1:38 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 99.4 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the National Seismological Center of the University of Chile, the first seismological agency to report it.
A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.0 earthquake. Other agencies reporting the same quake include United States Geological Survey (USGS) at magnitude 4.9, INPRES at magnitude 5.0, and European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 4.9.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Iquique (pop. 227,500) located 120 km from the epicenter.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: 6 Jan 1:38 pm (GMT -3) local time (6 Jan 2021 16:38 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.9
Depth: 99.4 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 19.55°S / 69.25°W (Provincia del Tamarugal, Tarapaca, Chile)
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
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