A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 108.63 km (67 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 05:44:32 / October 31, 2016 @ 5:44 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:44:32 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6087 West, latitude -22.4703 South, depth = 108.63 km. Unique identifier: us1000736z. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000736z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
Did you feel it?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km E of Calama, Chile.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply