A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. Global time and date of event 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 16:35:30 / May 20, 2024 @ 4:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us6000mzv1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzv1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 113.175 km (70 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.6985 West, latitude -22.0337 South, depth = 113.175 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:35:30 / 4:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 53 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 52 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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