A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rl7y. Id of event: us6000rl7y. Exact location, longitude -71.6156° West, latitude -29.7357° South, depth = 50.909 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:00:30 / 6:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 50.909 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/11/25 / 2025-11-03 18:00:30 / November 3, 2025 @ 6:00 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vicuña, La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 36 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 35 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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