A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.44 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 14:47:54 / February 10, 2025 @ 2:47 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -71.091 West, latitude -28.3071 South, depth = 57.44 km. Unique identifier: us7000pcn6. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pcn6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:47:54 / 2:47 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Nearby 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 44 km NW of Vallenar, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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