A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/10/24 / 2024-10-13 01:37:37 / October 13, 2024 @ 1:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000nyd5. Event ids that are associated: us6000nyd5. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:37:37 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 136.56 km (85 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -68.4621 West, latitude -22.9819 South, depth = 136.56 km.
Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Every 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 27 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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