A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mubg. Unique identifier: us6000mubg. Exact location, longitude -68.3668° West, latitude -22.5652° South, depth = 147.875 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:49:41 / 2:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147.875 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 14:49:41 / April 27, 2024 @ 2:49 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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