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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Calama in Chile

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Earthquake location -22.5191S, -68.7399WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 118.225 km, -68.7399° West, -22.5191° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/24 / 2024-05-14 13:45:06 / May 14, 2024 @ 1:45 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 118.225 km (73 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:45:06 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myi7. Id of event: us6000myi7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 20 km ESE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.7399° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.5191° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 118.225 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ESE of Calama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-14 13:45:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 17:59:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000myi7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000myi7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000myi7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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