A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 136 km NNE of Calama, Chile (85 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 22:19:29 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.61 km (72 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.2422 West, latitude -21.4155 South, depth = 116.61 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 02:19:29 / December 24, 2018 @ 2:19 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iwy7. Unique identifier: us2000iwy7.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 136 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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