San Pedro de Atacama is a town set on an arid high plateau in the Andes mountains of northeastern Chile. Its dramatic surrounding landscape incorporates desert, salt flats, volcanoes, geysers, and hot springs. The Valle de la Luna in the nearby Los Flamencos National Reserve is a lunarlike depression with unusual rock formations, a huge dune, and pink-streaked mountains.
USGS rates this quake yellow.
Yellow alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. Some casualties and damage are possible and the impact should be relatively localized. Past yellow alerts have required a local or regional-level response.
At this time there are no reports of damages and casualties after this strong quake on July 19, 2024, at 1.50 am UTC. The depth of the quake was 117.4 km.
