A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4378 West, latitude -21.8046 South, depth = 134.422 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 134.422 km (84 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:55:57 / 9:55 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/25 / 2025-01-03 09:55:57 / January 3, 2025 @ 9:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000phem. Event ids that are associated: us6000phem.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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