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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Arauco in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Arauco in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/11/25 / 2025-11-02 18:51:46 / November 2, 2025 @ 6:51 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:51:46 / 6:51 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rl2m. Event ids that are associated: us6000rl2m. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -73.9572° West, -36.9168° South.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Talcahuano (c. 253 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Concepción (c. 215 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Coronel (c. 92 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Chiguayante (c. 82 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tomé (c. 46 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Penco (c. 46 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tomé, Penco, Chiguayante (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 67 km WNW of Arauco, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-73.9572° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-36.9168° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	67 km WNW of Arauco, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-02 18:51:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-02 19:33:37	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	340	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.351	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	123	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	us6000rl2m	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rl2m	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rl2m,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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