A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:57:28 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.85 km (71 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.3114 West, latitude -21.7514 South, depth = 114.85 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/20 / 2020-01-14 01:57:28 / January 14, 2020 @ 1:57 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006zgt. Id of event: us70006zgt.
The epicenter was 101 km (63 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 101 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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