A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 53 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (33 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/18 / 2018-11-09 07:44:51 / November 9, 2018 @ 7:44 am. Exact location of event, depth 170.45 km, -67.7433° West, -22.7108° South. Id of earthquake: us1000hpl5. Event ids that are associated: us1000hpl5. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:44:51 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 170.45 km (106 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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