A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Monte Patria in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 16:33:36 / August 19, 2025 @ 4:33 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 81.115 km, -70.822° West, -30.5668° South. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:33:36 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r22b. Id of event: us6000r22b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 81.115 km (50 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, La Serena, Vicuña (min 5000 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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km NE of Monte Patria, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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