A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Calama in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 106.858 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:51:25 / 11:51 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000ndee. Event ids that are associated: us7000ndee. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/09/24 / 2024-09-12 23:51:25 / September 12, 2024 @ 11:51 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5046 West, latitude -22.5521 South, depth = 106.858 km.
Close 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. Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 44 km ESE of Calama, Chile.
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