A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 09:20:44 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwgh. Unique identifier: us6000mwgh. 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 139.429 km (87 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5342 West, latitude -23.0306 South, depth = 139.429 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 09:20:44 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:20 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 36 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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