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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -22.5521S, -68.5046WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.5046° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.5521° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.858 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44 km ESE 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 2024-09-12 23:51:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-13 05:08:01 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 340 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.998 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 us7000ndee Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndee An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndee, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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