A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Puerto in Chile on Saturday. Unique identifier: us7000pwuy. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwuy. The temblor was reported at 08:00:29 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -70.8776° West, latitude -19.9548° South, depth = 26.547 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.547 km (16 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 08:00:29 / May 3, 2025 @ 8:00 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Iquique. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km WNW of Puerto, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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