A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Calama in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.667 km (66 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/25 / 2025-03-06 01:59:07 / March 6, 2025 @ 1:59 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000px4z. Unique identifier: us6000px4z. Exact location, longitude -68.6468° West, latitude -22.27° South, depth = 106.667 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:59:07 / 1:59 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 35 km NE of Calama, Chile.
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