A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 127 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (79 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/10/17 / 2017-10-02 12:46:35 / October 2, 2017 @ 12:46 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000axsu. Id of event: us2000axsu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 212.15 km (132 miles). Exact location of event, depth 212.15 km, -67.015° West, -23.2196° South. The temblor was detected at 09:46:35 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 127 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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