A 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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