A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. Event id: us2000ix89. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ix89. The temblor was picked up at 16:55:57 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.64 km (62 miles). Global time and date of event 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 20:55:57 / December 24, 2018 @ 8:55 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -68.953 West, latitude -22.1407 South, depth = 99.64 km.
Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 36 km N of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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