A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 77 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (48 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/19 / 2019-02-23 20:41:31 / February 23, 2019 @ 8:41 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 139.96 km, -67.6776° West, -23.4039° South. The temblor was reported at 16:41:31 / 4:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jm5k. Id of event: us2000jm5k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.96 km (87 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every 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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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: 77 km SE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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