A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Calama in Chile on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 120.522 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.8851 West, latitude -22.3045 South, depth = 120.522 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:48:04 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mpj6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mpj6. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/06/24 / 2024-06-01 23:48:04 / June 1, 2024 @ 11:48 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (11 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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