A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 139.548 km (87 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qtsr. Unique identifier: us7000qtsr. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:39:48 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -68.533° West, -21.704° South, depth 139.548 km. 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: 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 16:39:48 / September 4, 2025 @ 4:39 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 60 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile.
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