A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Calama in Chile. Global time and date of event 15/04/25 / 2025-04-15 10:29:05 / April 15, 2025 @ 10:29 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.8598° West, latitude -22.3732° South, depth = 116.544 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:29:05 / 10:29 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 116.544 km (72 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000q64k. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q64k.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km NE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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