A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Illapel in Chile on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/25 / 2025-10-06 08:17:50 / October 6, 2025 @ 8:17 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rf1p. Unique identifier: us6000rf1p. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.259 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -71.4256 West, latitude -31.2528 South, depth = 27.259 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:17:50 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Salamanca (min 5000 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 thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km NNW of Illapel, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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