A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Camiña in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/25 / 2025-07-21 04:39:39 / July 21, 2025 @ 4:39 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qe6z. Unique identifier: us7000qe6z. Exact location of earthquake, -69.6138° West, -18.9683° South, depth 109.16 km. The temblor was detected at 04:39:39 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.16 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 42 km NNW of Camiña, Chile.
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