A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 121 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (75 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 202.78 km (126 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:35:43 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004us4. Unique identifier: us10004us4. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 21:35:43 / March 2, 2016 @ 9:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 202.78 km, -67.0898° West, -23.2599° South.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 121 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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