A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Calama in Chile on Wednesday. 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 108.76 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/07/19 / 2019-07-24 16:42:14 / July 24, 2019 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 12:42:14 / 12:42 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60004uvg. Unique identifier: us60004uvg. Exact location of event, longitude -69.0515 West, latitude -22.4672 South, depth = 108.76 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 12 km W of Calama, Chile.
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