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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -22.8693S, -68.8934WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 25/06/24 / 2024-06-25 16:21:53 / June 25, 2024 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:21:53 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 95.259 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000n843. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n843. Exact location of earthquake, -68.8934° West, -22.8693° South, depth 95.259 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km S of Calama, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.8934° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.8693° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 95.259 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km S 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 2024-06-25 16:21:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-25 17:16:11 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 271 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.647 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000n843 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n843 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n843, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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