A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20006v1t. Event ids that are associated: us20006v1t. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.8 km (73 miles). Global time and date of event 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 14:16:48 / August 29, 2016 @ 2:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.564° West, latitude -22.258° South, depth = 116.8 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:16:48 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 44 km ENE of Calama, Chile.
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