A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location, longitude -68.851° West, latitude -22.3258° South, depth = 112.63 km. Id of earthquake: us70006s85. Event ids that are associated: us70006s85. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/19 / 2019-12-29 17:55:23 / December 29, 2019 @ 5:55 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:55:23 / 1:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.63 km (70 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 17 km (10 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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