A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Calama in Chile on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 116.82 km (73 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7937 West, latitude -22.1435 South, depth = 116.82 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:36:14 / 10:36 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600055z2. Id of event: us600055z2. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/19 / 2019-08-16 14:36:14 / August 16, 2019 @ 2:36 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 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 three and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 38 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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