A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location, longitude -68.501° West, latitude -21.713° South, depth = 120.3 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 14:24:07 / August 24, 2015 @ 2:24 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100034hd. Id of event: us100034hd. The epicenter was at a depth of 120.3 km (75 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 10:24:07 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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 fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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