A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Calama in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 120.811 km (75 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:50:08 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/25 / 2025-05-23 13:50:08 / May 23, 2025 @ 1:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q12c. Unique identifier: us7000q12c. Exact location, longitude -68.8202° West, latitude -22.2016° South, depth = 120.811 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 30 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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