A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:17:59 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 128.09 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j8bz. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8bz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 14:17:59 / January 8, 2019 @ 2:17 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7059 West, latitude -21.7273 South, depth = 128.09 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 85 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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