A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:53:22 / 7:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -68.6552° West, latitude -22.2093° South, depth = 110.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 11:53:22 / September 30, 2019 @ 11:53 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 110.58 km (69 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70005nud. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005nud.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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