A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Arica in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.6391 West, latitude -18.3937 South, depth = 118.174 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 118.174 km (73 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:24:20 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnfx. Unique identifier: us6000rnfx. Global time and date of event 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 09:24:20 / November 15, 2025 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Tacna (c. 280 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Arica (c. 186 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tacna, Arica (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop), Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 70 km E of Arica, Chile.
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