A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -68.6262 West, latitude -21.937 South, depth = 137.773 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:48 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/24 / 2024-07-10 22:42:48 / July 10, 2024 @ 10:42 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 137.773 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000myev. Unique identifier: us7000myev. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 65 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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