A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (54 miles) on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006yrf. Unique identifier: us70006yrf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:41:54 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/01/20 / 2020-01-12 14:41:54 / January 12, 2020 @ 2:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 131.43 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.278 West, latitude -23.706 South, depth = 131.43 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 87 km S of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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