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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile


Earthquake location -22.3116S, -68.0412WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 68 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (42 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:13:09 / 12:13 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/24 / 2024-10-07 12:13:09 / October 7, 2024 @ 12:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 185.627 km (115 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000nx1w. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nx1w. Exact location of event, longitude -68.0412 West, latitude -22.3116 South, depth = 185.627 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 68 km NNE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -68.0412° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.3116° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 185.627 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km NNE 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 2024-10-07 12:13:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-08 05:44:38 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 259 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 150 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nx1w Id of event.
Event Code 6000nx1w An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nx1w, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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