A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.526 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 00:38:53 / December 25, 2025 @ 12:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.5339 West, latitude -28.8023 South, depth = 28.526 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:38:53 / 12:38 am (local time epicenter). 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: us7000rkn7. Unique identifier: us7000rkn7.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vallenar (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (49 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 79 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile.
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