A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 91 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile (57 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 00:53:14 / October 31, 2019 @ 12:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700061e4. Id of event: us700061e4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 190.39 km (118 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -67.6226 West, latitude -22.2956 South, depth = 190.39 km. The temblor was detected at 20:53:14 / 8:53 pm (local time epicenter).
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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 91 km NE of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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