A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -68.41° West, -21.8974° South, depth 132.86 km. Event id: us70006xsf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xsf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.86 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:43:09 / 5:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 09:43:09 / December 25, 2019 @ 9:43 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 82 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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