A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 53 kilometers (33 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/06/20 / 2020-06-16 17:54:39 / June 16, 2020 @ 5:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.5608 West, latitude -23.2623 South, depth = 112.51 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:54:39 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000aczw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000aczw. The epicenter was at a depth of 112.51 km (70 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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