Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Coquimbo in Chile

A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:25:52 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.339 West, latitude -30.0959 South, depth = 65.269 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.269 km (41 miles). Global time and date of event 16/02/25 / 2025-02-16 23:25:52 / February 16, 2025 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pe5v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pe5v.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Vicuña, Ovalle. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km S of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.339° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-30.0959° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	65.269 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km S of Coquimbo, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-16 23:25:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-16 23:52:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	326	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	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.197	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us7000pe5v	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pe5v	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pe5v,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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