A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/25 / 2025-10-04 11:37:43 / October 4, 2025 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:37:43 / 11:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000res5. Unique identifier: us6000res5. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.224 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6536° West, -21.9558° South, depth 122.224 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.
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 six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 62 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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