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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile


Earthquake location -22.0919S, -67.0546WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (92 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 180.257 km (112 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/24 / 2024-08-04 03:15:48 / August 4, 2024 @ 3:15 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.0546 West, latitude -22.0919 South, depth = 180.257 km. Unique identifier: us6000ni02. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ni02. The temblor was reported at 03:15:48 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.0546° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.0919° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 180.257 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 148 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-04 03:15:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-04 03:40:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 354 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 77 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.346 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ni02 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ni02 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ni02, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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