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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -22.0677S, -68.6186WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6186 West, latitude -22.0677 South, depth = 130.439 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 130.439 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/24 / 2024-07-24 23:12:44 / July 24, 2024 @ 11:12 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000nfg9. Event ids that are associated: us6000nfg9. The temblor was detected at 23:12:44 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.6186° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.0677° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 130.439 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 53 km NE 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 2024-07-24 23:12:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-09 05:32:33 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 284 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us6000nfg9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nfg9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nfg9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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