A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 130 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (81 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.3264 West, latitude -22.0769 South, depth = 202.03 km. The temblor was picked up at 12:30:07 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us200065js. Event ids that are associated: us200065js. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 202.03 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/06/16 / 2016-06-20 16:30:07 / June 20, 2016 @ 4:30 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 130 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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