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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -21.4902S, -68.3988WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile (75 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:00:19 / 4:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.96 km (78 miles). Unique identifier: us70009niu. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009niu. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/20 / 2020-05-18 20:00:19 / May 18, 2020 @ 8:00 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.3988 West, latitude -21.4902 South, depth = 125.96 km.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 121 km NNE of Calama, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.3988° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.4902° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 125.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km NNE of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-18 20:00:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-22 22:08:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.841 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70009niu Id of event.
Event Code 70009niu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70009niu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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