A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ovalle in Chile on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 61.209 km (38 miles). Exact location of event, depth 61.209 km, -71.2446° West, -30.6105° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 13:48:01 / September 1, 2025 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:48:01 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000qt0p. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qt0p.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 4 km (3 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-three 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile.
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