A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 11:01:07 / December 31, 2017 @ 11:01 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:01:07 / 7:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 134.59 km (84 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -68.3757 West, latitude -22.8324 South, depth = 134.59 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000byh7. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000byh7.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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