A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.52 km (76 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/11/15 / 2015-11-29 23:48:13 / November 29, 2015 @ 11:48 pm. Id of earthquake: us1000422l. Event ids that are associated: us1000422l. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:13 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6337° West, -22.8524° South, depth 121.52 km.
Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 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 six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km W of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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