A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Calama in Chile. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:06:56 / 7:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 131.99 km (82 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3835 West, latitude -21.7864 South, depth = 131.99 km. Id of earthquake: us1000i5gh. Event ids that are associated: us1000i5gh. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 23:06:56 / December 9, 2018 @ 11:06 pm UTC/GMT.
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). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 94 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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