A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -69.3328 West, latitude -22.9853 South, depth = 113.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/02/19 / 2019-02-05 00:55:50 / February 5, 2019 @ 12:55 am. The temblor was detected at 20:55:50 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdfq. Unique identifier: us2000jdfq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.91 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 70 km SW of Calama, Chile.
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