A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Global time and date of event 24/07/16 / 2016-07-24 23:03:11 / July 24, 2016 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.4917° West, latitude -22.6896° South, depth = 104.28 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 104.28 km (65 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:03:11 / 7:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20006hb1. Event ids that are associated: us20006hb1.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.
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 fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km NW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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