A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/01/25 / 2025-01-09 07:24:20 / January 9, 2025 @ 7:24 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:20 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122.943 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000piup. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000piup. Exact location of earthquake, -68.4795° West, -21.7423° South, depth 122.943 km.
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 61 km SSW of Ollagüe, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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