A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 126.96 km (79 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:02:08 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/17 / 2017-10-04 03:02:08 / October 4, 2017 @ 3:02 am. Exact location, longitude -68.1988° West, latitude -23.1056° South, depth = 126.96 km. Id of earthquake: us2000b0t5. Event ids that are associated: us2000b0t5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 21 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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