A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Calama in Chile on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/18 / 2018-10-27 15:46:43 / October 27, 2018 @ 3:46 pm. Event id: us1000hi0k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hi0k. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:46:43 / 11:46 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 -68.6516 West, latitude -22.4704 South, depth = 113.79 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.79 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 28 km E of Calama, Chile.
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