A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Calama in Chile on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 05:59:05 / March 2, 2025 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -68.6539° West, -22.3958° South, depth 113.191 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pweg. Unique identifier: us6000pweg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 113.191 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:05 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama. Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 28 km ENE of Calama, Chile.
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