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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Villa Presidente Frei in Chile

Posted by admin on October 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -33.3328S, -70.2187WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 22:42:57 / October 5, 2025 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -70.2187 West, latitude -33.3328 South, depth = 6.851 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:42:57 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.851 km (4 miles). Event id: us6000rf03. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rf03.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, El Monte, San Felipe. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Peñaflor (c. 65 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 36 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2187° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -33.3328° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.851 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km ENE of Villa Presidente Frei, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-05 22:42:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-06 01:15:59 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 271 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.102 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000rf03 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rf03 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rf03, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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