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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Cartagena in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Cartagena in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9265° West, -33.4425° South, depth 31.048 km. The temblor was picked up at 10:34:43 / 10:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.048 km (19 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qwa0. Id of event: us7000qwa0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/09/25 / 2025-09-15 10:34:43 / September 15, 2025 @ 10:34 am.

Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was El Monte, Quillota, Limache (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 32 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9265° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-33.4425° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.048 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	32 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-15 10:34:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-15 13:26:01	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	298	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.337	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.5 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	146	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qwa0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qwa0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qwa0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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