A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Calama in Chile on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:09:33 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 118.09 km, -68.4961° West, -21.8732° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007e6r. Unique identifier: us20007e6r. The epicenter was at a depth of 118.09 km (73 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/16 / 2016-10-14 18:09:33 / October 14, 2016 @ 6:09 pm.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 79 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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