A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Calama in Chile on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 21:26:23 / August 3, 2016 @ 9:26 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:26:23 / 5:26 pm (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, -68.714° West, -22.855° South, depth 104.9 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069xc. Id of event: us100069xc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 104.9 km (65 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 48 km SSE of Calama, Chile.
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