A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Calama in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.06 km (63 miles). Global time and date of event 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 02:12:27 / May 5, 2018 @ 2:12 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000dyhz. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dyhz. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:12:27 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.7381° West, latitude -21.9521° South, depth = 102.06 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 60 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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