A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5107 West, latitude -22.0678 South, depth = 121.51 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:48:06 / 3:48 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 15:48:06 / August 4, 2024 @ 3:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 121.51 km (76 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni2a. Unique identifier: us6000ni2a.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 60 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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