A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.43 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066we. Id of event: us200066we. Exact location, longitude -69.1574° West, latitude -23.1354° South, depth = 104.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 06:45:43 / June 26, 2016 @ 6:45 am. The temblor was picked up at 02:45:43 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 77 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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