A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. Event id: us10007b55. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007b55. The temblor was detected at 09:28:08 / 9:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 89.8 km, -69.084° West, -23.243° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 89.8 km (56 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/11/16 / 2016-11-21 13:28:08 / November 21, 2016 @ 1:28 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km S of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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