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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near La Ligua in Chile

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 45.214 km, -71.3988° West, -32.4057° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.214 km (28 miles). 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: us7000rkk2. Unique identifier: us7000rkk2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/25 / 2025-12-24 12:18:18 / December 24, 2025 @ 12:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:18:18 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Andes, Illapel, Salamanca (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 16 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.3988° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.4057° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.214 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16 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 12:18:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-24 13:36:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	271	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	22	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.51	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000rkk2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rkk2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rkk2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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