A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Calama in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.49 km (76 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:07:21 / 4:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/01/19 / 2019-01-17 08:07:21 / January 17, 2019 @ 8:07 am. Exact location of event, longitude -69.0879 West, latitude -22.6307 South, depth = 122.49 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j4y9. Unique identifier: us2000j4y9.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 24 km SW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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