A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Calama in Chile on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.969 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:24:03 / 9:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/24 / 2024-05-25 21:24:03 / May 25, 2024 @ 9:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.5266° West, latitude -21.878° South, depth = 128.969 km. Event id: us6000n0zx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0zx.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 76 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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