A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q48b. Event ids that are associated: us6000q48b. The temblor was reported at 11:22:06 / 11:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.965 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/04/25 / 2025-04-05 11:22:06 / April 5, 2025 @ 11:22 am. Exact location of event, depth 24.965 km, -72.0728° West, -33.7808° South.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valparaíso, Melipilla, Cartagena (min 5000 pop).
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 fourteen 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 47 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.
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