A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 123 km E of Antofagasta, Chile (76 miles). Exact location of event, depth 81.29 km, -69.1921° West, -23.734° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d4qd. Unique identifier: us2000d4qd. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 13:12:09 / February 19, 2018 @ 1:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:12:09 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 81.29 km (51 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 123 km E of Antofagasta, Chile.
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