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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 153 km N of Calama, Chile


Earthquake location -21.0853S, -68.762WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 153 km N of Calama, Chile (95 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:36:09 / 7:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 11:36:09 / February 2, 2018 @ 11:36 am. Unique identifier: us1000ce9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ce9l. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.762 West, latitude -21.0853 South, depth = 144.03 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 144.03 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 153 km N of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.762° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.0853° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 144.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 153km N of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-02 11:36:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-05 09:30:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ce9l Id of event.
Event Code 1000ce9l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ce9l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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