A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 39 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:21:18 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mz0i. Unique identifier: us6000mz0i. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/24 / 2024-05-16 16:21:18 / May 16, 2024 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -68.3591° West, latitude -23.241° South, depth = 112.096 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 112.096 km (70 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 39 km SSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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