A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006ply. Unique identifier: us60006ply. Global time and date of event 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 23:45:04 / December 9, 2019 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 19:45:04 / 7:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6264 West, latitude -22.3079 South, depth = 111.88 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.88 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km ENE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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