A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Huara in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 104.421 km (65 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 01:36:34 / May 23, 2025 @ 1:36 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:36:34 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000q0zp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0zp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.3485 West, latitude -19.9124 South, depth = 104.421 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 89 km (56 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 45 km ENE of Huara, Chile.
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