A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Calama in Chile on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.113 West, latitude -23.1829 South, depth = 107.2 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/19 / 2019-09-27 11:21:24 / September 27, 2019 @ 11:21 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 107.2 km (67 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:21:24 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005mde. Id of event: us70005mde.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.
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 thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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