A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:59:04 / 4:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.9685° West, -22.3263° South, depth 116.21 km. Unique identifier: us60006npd. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006npd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/19 / 2019-12-07 20:59:04 / December 7, 2019 @ 8:59 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 116.21 km (72 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 15 km NNW of Calama, Chile.
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