A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 114 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (71 miles) on Sunday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:43:56 / 11:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/19 / 2019-05-19 15:43:56 / May 19, 2019 @ 3:43 pm. Exact location of event, depth 131.94 km, -67.9408° West, -23.9164° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.94 km (82 miles). Unique identifier: us70003n9l. Ids that are associated to the event: us70003n9l. 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 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 114 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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