A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The temblor was reported at 21:31:07 / 9:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 21:31:07 / September 28, 2025 @ 9:31 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rdhs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rdhs. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -71.9585° West, latitude -32.3235° South, depth = 30 km.
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Viña del Mar, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 69 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.
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