A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Calama in Chile. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:43:28 / 9:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 21:43:28 / December 20, 2024 @ 9:43 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.024 km (73 miles). Unique identifier: us7000p0hl. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0hl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.6483 West, latitude -21.9171 South, depth = 118.024 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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