A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Illapel in Chile. Exact location of event, depth 48.458 km, -71.4863° West, -31.5223° South. Global time and date of event 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 10:01:59 / March 5, 2025 @ 10:01 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px0b. Id of event: us6000px0b. 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 48.458 km (30 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:01:59 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salamanca, Illapel. Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 32 km WNW of Illapel, Chile.
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