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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 52 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile


Earthquake location -22.6728S, -67.7836WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 52 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (32 miles) on Monday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:41:18 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.7836 West, latitude -22.6728 South, depth = 164.91 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700047xc. Id of event: us700047xc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 164.91 km (102 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/07/19 / 2019-07-01 07:41:18 / July 1, 2019 @ 7:41 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 52 km ENE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -67.7836° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -22.6728° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164.91 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km ENE 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 2019-07-01 07:41:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-08 07:38:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 271 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.458 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 66 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us700047xc Id of event.
Event Code 700047xc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700047xc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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