A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Calama in Chile. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 101.93 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 03:41:25 / May 8, 2025 @ 3:41 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us7000pxvf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxvf. Exact location, longitude -69.2531° West, latitude -23.187° South, depth = 101.93 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 03:41:25 / 3:41 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km SSW of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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