A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The temblor was detected at 14:32:25 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.307 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -71.879 West, latitude -32.1463 South, depth = 32.307 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qw61. Unique identifier: us7000qw61. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/09/25 / 2025-09-14 14:32:25 / September 14, 2025 @ 2:32 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Illapel, La Ligua.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 69 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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