A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 149 km N of Calama, Chile (93 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:39:24 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.7118° West, latitude -21.1294° South, depth = 137.62 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bu6j. Id of event: us1000bu6j. The epicenter was at a depth of 137.62 km (86 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 04:39:24 / December 21, 2017 @ 4:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 149 km N of Calama, Chile.
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