A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Calama in Chile. The temblor was reported at 23:36:03 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 05/08/16 / 2016-08-05 03:36:03 / August 5, 2016 @ 3:36 am. Event id: us10006a81. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a81. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.4 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.486° West, -21.921° South, depth 111.4 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 76 km NE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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