A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Calama in Chile on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003mce. Id of event: us70003mce. Global time and date of event 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 00:14:48 / May 17, 2019 @ 12:14 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.714 West, latitude -21.9528 South, depth = 112.88 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.88 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:14:48 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 61 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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