A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Calama in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004ha9. Id of event: us20004ha9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 105.9 km, -68.636° West, -21.862° South. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:29:15 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 105.9 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/15 / 2015-12-15 08:29:15 / December 15, 2015 @ 8:29 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 73 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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