A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.142 km (16 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 02:41:38 / August 25, 2025 @ 2:41 am. Event id: us6000r3k9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3k9. The temblor was picked up at 02:41:38 / 2:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8563 West, latitude -31.0634 South, depth = 26.142 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Illapel, Ovalle. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 81 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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