A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfjv. Id of event: us7000pfjv. The temblor was picked up at 04:44:27 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 108.804 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/02/25 / 2025-02-23 04:44:27 / February 23, 2025 @ 4:44 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -68.5963° West, latitude -22.8213° South, depth = 108.804 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 41 km WNW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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