A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Exact location, longitude -68.0476° West, latitude -22.8° South, depth = 145.32 km. Global time and date of event 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 08:27:50 / August 30, 2019 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:27:50 / 4:27 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 145.32 km (90 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70005a3v. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005a3v.
Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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