A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Calama in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j8p0. Id of event: us2000j8p0. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 06:56:21 / January 25, 2019 @ 6:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 111.26 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:56:21 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.8127° West, latitude -22.1036° South, depth = 111.26 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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