A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was reported at 05:55:38 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/25 / 2025-10-07 05:55:38 / October 7, 2025 @ 5:55 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.946 km (14 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rf9y. Event ids that are associated: us6000rf9y. Exact location of event, longitude -71.6774 West, latitude -30.6608 South, depth = 21.946 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquimbo, Monte Patria, Ovalle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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