A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/10/16 / 2016-10-10 14:55:48 / October 10, 2016 @ 2:55 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 117.4 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007d32. Id of event: us20007d32. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.457° West, latitude -21.892° South, depth = 117.4 km. The temblor was reported at 10:55:48 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
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 seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 80 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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