A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 123 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (76 miles). Unique identifier: us100040g0. Ids that are associated to the event: us100040g0. The epicenter was at a depth of 121.02 km (75 miles). The temblor was detected at 02:16:24 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 05:16:24 / November 23, 2015 @ 5:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -67.6828° West, -23.9149° South, depth 121.02 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 123 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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