A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 140 km NNE of Calama, Chile (87 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.14 km (81 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:08:34 / 1:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.4502 West, latitude -21.279 South, depth = 131.14 km. Unique identifier: us2000ka2k. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000ka2k. Global time and date of event 04/04/19 / 2019-04-04 05:08:34 / April 4, 2019 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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