A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/06/24 / 2024-06-15 20:31:56 / June 15, 2024 @ 8:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.372 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000msq1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000msq1. Exact location, longitude -68.6864° West, latitude -22.4798° South, depth = 99.372 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:31:56 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 24 km E of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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