A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Calama in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:32:33 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/15 / 2015-08-02 06:32:33 / August 2, 2015 @ 6:32 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 115.97 km (72 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6417 West, latitude -22.2522 South, depth = 115.97 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002x9f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002x9f.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km NE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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