A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (51 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -67.6794 West, latitude -22.3608 South, depth = 142.17 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 02:30:33 / 2:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.17 km (88 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007rkj. Id of event: us10007rkj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/01/17 / 2017-01-06 06:30:33 / January 6, 2017 @ 6:30 am.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 82 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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