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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Calama in Chile


Earthquake location -22.731S, -69.0747WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 12:26:20 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 12:26:20 / January 28, 2025 @ 12:26 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pms8. Event ids that are associated: us6000pms8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 106.79 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 106.79 km, -69.0747° West, -22.731° South.

Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.0747° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.731° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 106.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SSW 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 2025-01-28 12:26:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-29 10:13:51 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 298 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.46 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000pms8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000pms8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pms8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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