A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 20:46:14 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlug. Unique identifier: us6000qlug. Exact location of event, depth 137.089 km, -68.8665° West, -21.7499° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 20:46:14 / June 22, 2025 @ 8:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 137.089 km (85 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 78 km N of Calama, Chile.
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