A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -68.705° West, -22.2306° South, depth 112.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:48:22 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 112.54 km (70 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/11/15 / 2015-11-10 17:48:22 / November 10, 2015 @ 5:48 pm. Unique identifier: us10003x2w. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003x2w.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 35 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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Ian
poor chile is this country living on a wave is it ever going to stop