A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Puerto Natales in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.754 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -71.6766 West, latitude -52.4184 South, depth = 14.754 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:16:17 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pmpf. Event ids that are associated: us7000pmpf. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/03/25 / 2025-03-26 07:16:17 / March 26, 2025 @ 7:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Punta Arenas (c. 117 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Puerto Natales (c. 20 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales.
Each 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 95 km SE of Puerto Natales, Chile.
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