A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us700044ud. Ids that are associated to the event: us700044ud. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.4688 West, latitude -21.8506 South, depth = 117.37 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:20:16 / 3:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 117.37 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/06/19 / 2019-06-25 19:20:16 / June 25, 2019 @ 7:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km NE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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