A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:32:53 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 128.13 km, -68.45° West, -21.7449° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xd3. Unique identifier: us20002xd3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 08:32:53 / July 14, 2015 @ 8:32 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 128.13 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 94 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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