A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location, longitude -69.483° West, latitude -23.042° South, depth = 67.9 km. Global time and date of event 21/08/16 / 2016-08-21 07:43:22 / August 21, 2016 @ 7:43 am UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:43:22 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 67.9 km (42 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006fjs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006fjs.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 85 km SW of Calama, Chile.
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