A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Calama in Chile. Event id: us1000hwfw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hwfw. The temblor was picked up at 16:31:00 / 4:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.91 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/11/18 / 2018-11-25 20:31:00 / November 25, 2018 @ 8:31 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4861 West, latitude -22.4026 South, depth = 133.91 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 46 km E of Calama, Chile.
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