A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Calama in Chile. Id of earthquake: us2000iv22. Event ids that are associated: us2000iv22. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 23:01:39 / December 13, 2018 @ 11:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 93.93 km (58 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:01:39 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.2423 West, latitude -23.2172 South, depth = 93.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 88 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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