A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:24:44 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.78 km (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6534° West, -22.0193° South, depth 123.78 km. Unique identifier: us2000fs97. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fs97. Global time and date of event 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 13:24:44 / June 30, 2018 @ 1:24 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 57 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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