A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Calama in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:40:54 / 7:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 23:40:54 / February 9, 2019 @ 11:40 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jfsq. Unique identifier: us2000jfsq. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7463° West, -22.8337° South, depth 103.54 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103.54 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 44 km SSE of Calama, Chile.
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