A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/24 / 2024-07-17 17:21:10 / July 17, 2024 @ 5:21 pm. Exact location, longitude -68.3153° West, latitude -22.478° South, depth = 143.618 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 143.618 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:21:10 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mzuw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzuw.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 49 km NNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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