A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/10/18 / 2018-10-28 05:04:14 / October 28, 2018 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:04:14 / 1:04 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.1 km (67 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000hi58. Event ids that are associated: us1000hi58. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.6814° West, latitude -21.9673° South, depth = 108.1 km.
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Close 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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