A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Angol in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 17/02/25 / 2025-02-17 17:01:45 / February 17, 2025 @ 5:01 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.858 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:01:45 / 5:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -72.6939° West, latitude -37.8509° South, depth = 61.858 km. Unique identifier: us7000pe9i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pe9i.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cabrero, Lota, Lebu (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Los Ángeles (c. 125 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Lota (c. 49 800 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Angol (c. 44 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Curanilahue (c. 30 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Arauco (c. 24 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Victoria (c. 24 600 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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km SSE of Angol, Chile.
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