A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Antofagasta in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000rtkn. Event ids that are associated: us6000rtkn. Exact location, longitude -71.1153° West, latitude -23.9926° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/25 / 2025-12-09 05:46:50 / December 9, 2025 @ 5:46 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:46:50 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Antofagasta (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Antofagasta (c. 309 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 82 km WSW of Antofagasta, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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