A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 25 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 14:24:08 / September 3, 2015 @ 2:24 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1343 West, latitude -23.1319 South, depth = 133.1 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 133.1 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003fz6. Event ids that are associated: us20003fz6. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:24:08 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 25 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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