A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 36 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (22 miles) on Monday. The temblor was reported at 03:27:25 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 169.27 km (105 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -67.8767° West, latitude -23.0228° South, depth = 169.27 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/18 / 2018-05-07 07:27:25 / May 7, 2018 @ 7:27 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000dzsx. Unique identifier: us1000dzsx.
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 two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 36 km ESE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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