A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Calama in Chile on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 04:11:36 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.87 km (70 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5742 West, latitude -22.4118 South, depth = 112.87 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/17 / 2017-10-05 08:11:36 / October 5, 2017 @ 8:11 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000b1c3. Unique identifier: us2000b1c3.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Epicenter of the event was 37 km (23 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). 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 four and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 37 km E of Calama, Chile.
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