A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us2000c3cl. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000c3cl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 93.6 km (58 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:43:35 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -68.951° West, -23.0337° South, depth 93.6 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/12/17 / 2017-12-12 12:43:35 / December 12, 2017 @ 12:43 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 62 km S of Calama, Chile.
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