A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 18:10:10 / August 5, 2025 @ 6:10 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 142.527 km (89 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6613° West, -22.2392° South, depth 142.527 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qydl. Id of event: us6000qydl. The temblor was reported at 18:10:10 / 6:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
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 five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 36 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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