A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Calama in Chile. The temblor was detected at 10:03:47 / 10:03 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.376 West, latitude -21.954 South, depth = 119.9 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/07/16 / 2016-07-22 14:03:47 / July 22, 2016 @ 2:03 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 119.9 km (75 miles). Id of earthquake: us20006grx. Event ids that are associated: us20006grx.
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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