A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Calama in Chile. Global time and date of event 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 05:06:21 / September 24, 2025 @ 5:06 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rcgf. Event ids that are associated: us6000rcgf. The epicenter was at a depth of 105.123 km (65 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:06:21 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 105.123 km, -68.9688° West, -22.0992° South.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 39 km N of Calama, Chile.
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