A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Calama in Chile on Monday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/05/25 / 2025-05-26 13:06:48 / May 26, 2025 @ 1:06 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.159 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000q1jb. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1jb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:06:48 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 114.159 km, -68.5319° West, -22.3058° South.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 43 km ENE of Calama, Chile.
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