A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Mejillones in Chile. Id of earthquake: us7000pntb. Event ids that are associated: us7000pntb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 26.929 km (17 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/03/25 / 2025-03-30 11:09:06 / March 30, 2025 @ 11:09 am. Exact location of event, depth 26.929 km, -70.5434° West, -22.8135° South. The temblor was picked up at 11:09:06 / 11:09 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tocopilla (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Tocopilla (c. 24 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km NNW of Mejillones, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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