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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -21.952S, -68.6918WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 08:10:09 / June 3, 2018 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:10:09 / 4:10 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 event, longitude -68.6918 West, latitude -21.952 South, depth = 106.79 km. Id of earthquake: us1000ehrh. Event ids that are associated: us1000ehrh. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.79 km (66 miles).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 62 km NNE 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 -68.6918° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -21.952° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km NNE 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 2018-06-03 08:10:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-03 08:59:45 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 0.533 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ehrh Id of event.
Event Code 1000ehrh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ehrh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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