A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 142 km N of Calama, Chile (88 miles). Global time and date of event 26/02/19 / 2019-02-26 11:23:10 / February 26, 2019 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jnve. Id of event: us2000jnve. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 140.54 km (87 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7517 West, latitude -21.1913 South, depth = 140.54 km. The temblor was reported at 07:23:10 / 7:23 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 142 km N of Calama, Chile.
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