A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Calama in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 138.503 km, -68.5516° West, -21.9222° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 09:06:37 / April 23, 2025 @ 9:06 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 138.503 km (86 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:06:37 / 9:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000puff. Id of event: us7000puff. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 70 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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