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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 20 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

Posted by admin on December 24, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.3616S, -71.415WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rkhs. Unique identifier: us7000rkhs. Exact location of earthquake, -71.415° West, -32.3616° South, depth 52.551 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:05:20 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.551 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 01:05:20 / December 24, 2025 @ 1:05 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Los Andes, Illapel, Valparaíso. Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Los Andes (c. 56 900 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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 20 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.415° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.3616° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.551 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-24 01:05:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-24 01:24:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 312 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.49 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rkhs Id of event.
Event Code 7000rkhs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rkhs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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