A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7873 West, latitude -21.6544 South, depth = 113.99 km. The temblor was detected at 09:52:52 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 113.99 km (71 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 13:52:52 / December 10, 2017 @ 1:52 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000c2l4. Event ids that are associated: us2000c2l4.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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 five and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 91 km N of Calama, Chile.
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