A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 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 09/06/24 / 2024-06-09 16:17:03 / June 9, 2024 @ 4:17 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 112.631 km, -68.9637° West, -22.7497° South. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.631 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:17:03 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mrd8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrd8.
Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 32 km S of Calama, Chile.
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