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Light earthquake, 4 mag strikes near San Felipe in Chile


Earthquake location -32.1822S, -70.2097WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from San Felipe in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 102.502 km, -70.2097° West, -32.1822° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/25 / 2025-11-08 05:23:18 / November 8, 2025 @ 5:23 am. Unique identifier: us6000rm85. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rm85. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.502 km (64 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:23:18 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Los Andes, San Felipe. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (49 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).

Every 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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km NE of San Felipe, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.2097° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.1822° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.502 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 79 km NE of San Felipe, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-08 05:23:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-08 05:46:16 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 246 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.647 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 93 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 us6000rm85 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rm85 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rm85, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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