A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 96 km NNE of Calama, Chile (60 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.44 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 05:03:48 / May 9, 2018 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000e161. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e161. The temblor was detected at 01:03:48 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.444° West, -21.7197° South, depth 120.44 km.
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 twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 96 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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