A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Calama in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007yyg. Id of event: us20007yyg. The temblor was reported at 14:16:31 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.2 km (67 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/16 / 2016-12-07 18:16:31 / December 7, 2016 @ 6:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -69.016° West, -22.094° South, depth 107.2 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 42 km NNW of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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