A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 88 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (55 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/03/18 / 2018-03-10 20:16:57 / March 10, 2018 @ 8:16 pm. Event id: us1000d2uw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000d2uw. Exact location, longitude -67.5468° West, latitude -22.4117° South, depth = 187.7 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 187.7 km (117 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:16:57 / 4:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 88 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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