A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 105 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (65 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 23:16:45 / June 22, 2016 @ 11:16 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -67.3401 West, latitude -23.4254 South, depth = 197.26 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 197.26 km (123 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:16:45 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20006640. Event ids that are associated: us20006640.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 105 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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