A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 92.69 km (58 miles). Unique identifier: us2000jidf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jidf. Exact location, longitude -68.6171° West, latitude -23.1819° South, depth = 92.69 km. Global time and date of event 15/02/19 / 2019-02-15 10:29:22 / February 15, 2019 @ 10:29 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:29:22 / 6:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km SW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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