A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Calama in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 16:45:03 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -69.0932 West, latitude -23.3072 South, depth = 62.74 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 19:45:03 / October 28, 2015 @ 7:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us200040an. Unique identifier: us200040an. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 62.74 km (39 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (60 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 94 km S of Calama, Chile.
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