A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003hg0. Unique identifier: us70003hg0. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:47:48 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/05/19 / 2019-05-06 15:47:48 / May 6, 2019 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 107.64 km (67 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.0097 West, latitude -22.8432 South, depth = 107.64 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 44 km (27 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 S of Calama, Chile.
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