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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Huara in Chile

Posted by admin on July 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -20.0641S, -69.9139WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Huara in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 03:05:15 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000quzl. Id of event: us6000quzl. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 57.074 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -69.9139 West, latitude -20.0641 South, depth = 57.074 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 03:05:15 / July 25, 2025 @ 3:05 am.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Iquique (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Iquique (c. 227 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 16 km WSW of Huara, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.9139° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -20.0641° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 57.074 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km WSW of Huara, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-07-25 03:05:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-25 05:14:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.3 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 131 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.719 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 149 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000quzl Id of event.
Event Code 6000quzl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000quzl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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