A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Calama in Chile on Thursday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:19:28 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/15 / 2015-07-02 05:19:28 / July 2, 2015 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.3 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -69.047 West, latitude -22.69 South, depth = 105.3 km. Id of earthquake: us10002myi. Event ids that are associated: us10002myi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 27 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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