A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Calama in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.233 km (70 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -68.6555° West, -22.1993° South, depth 112.233 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 17:06:16 / February 10, 2025 @ 5:06 pm. Unique identifier: us7000pcnr. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcnr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:06:16 / 5:06 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NE of Calama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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