A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 18 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (11 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:07:32 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/05/18 / 2018-05-13 17:07:32 / May 13, 2018 @ 5:07 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -68.1727 West, latitude -23.079 South, depth = 123.37 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 123.37 km (77 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e465. Unique identifier: us1000e465.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km SSE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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