A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.96 km (75 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qxuv. Unique identifier: us6000qxuv. Exact location of event, depth 119.96 km, -68.511° West, -22.0853° South. The temblor was reported at 12:07:53 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/25 / 2025-08-03 12:07:53 / August 3, 2025 @ 12:07 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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