A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Calama in Chile on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 88.45 km, -69.0148° West, -22.0006° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ezyn. Unique identifier: us1000ezyn. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:04:27 / 8:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.45 km (55 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/18 / 2018-06-24 00:04:27 / June 24, 2018 @ 12:04 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 51 km (32 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 52 km N of Calama, Chile.
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