A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Calama in Chile on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000nwhs. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nwhs. The temblor was picked up at 08:33:49 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.443 km (66 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.697° West, -22.4708° South, depth 106.443 km. 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: 06/12/24 / 2024-12-06 08:33:49 / December 6, 2024 @ 8:33 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 23 km E of Calama, Chile.
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