A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Carahue in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/04/25 / 2025-04-18 16:50:05 / April 18, 2025 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -74.1905 West, latitude -38.6096 South, depth = 19.525 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:50:05 / 4:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q720. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q720. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.525 km (12 miles).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Carahue (c. 11 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carahue (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 90 km W of Carahue, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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