A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8743 West, latitude -22.8287 South, depth = 111.01 km. Id of earthquake: us2000c2l6. Event ids that are associated: us2000c2l6. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/17 / 2017-12-10 14:12:54 / December 10, 2017 @ 2:12 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:12:54 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 111.01 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 40 km S of Calama, Chile.
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