A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Cuya in Chile. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:16:34 / 1:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -69.9459° West, -19.0317° South, depth 79.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 79.28 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rl1p. Id of event: us6000rl1p. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/11/25 / 2025-11-02 13:16:34 / November 2, 2025 @ 1:16 pm.
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arica.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 28 km ENE of Cuya, Chile.
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