A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:51:33 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/25 / 2025-12-15 08:51:33 / December 15, 2025 @ 8:51 am. Id of earthquake: us6000ruy4. Event ids that are associated: us6000ruy4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8128 West, latitude -30.6566 South, depth = 17.679 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.679 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Coquimbo, Monte Patria (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-nine 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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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. 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: 59 km W of Ovalle, Chile.
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