A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Calama in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/19 / 2019-08-28 12:43:44 / August 28, 2019 @ 12:43 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 100.32 km (62 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 100.32 km, -69.1836° West, -23.1696° South. Id of earthquake: us7000594x. Event ids that are associated: us7000594x. The temblor was detected at 08:43:44 / 8:43 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 83 km (52 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 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: 81 km SSW of Calama, Chile.
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