A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Calama in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 83.71 km (52 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:08:17 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 83.71 km, -69.4103° West, -22.0434° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a79k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a79k. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 22:08:17 / June 6, 2020 @ 10:08 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tocopilla, Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km NW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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