A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 177 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (110 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.28 km (78 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007csu. Id of event: us20007csu. Exact location of earthquake, -68.7227° West, -24.4534° South, depth 125.28 km. The temblor was detected at 10:57:59 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/10/16 / 2016-10-08 14:57:59 / October 8, 2016 @ 2:57 pm.
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 three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 177 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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