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Strong earthquake: M6.1 quake has struck near San Pedro de Atacama in Chile


Earthquake location -23.3913S, -69.073WA earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 103 kilometers (64 miles) from San Pedro de Atacama in Chile on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -69.073° West, latitude -23.3913° South, depth = 93.525 km. Global time and date of event 06/03/25 / 2025-03-06 16:21:37 / March 6, 2025 @ 4:21 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000px89. Event ids that are associated: us6000px89. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:37 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 93.525 km (58 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 105 km (65 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 103 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -69.073° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -23.3913° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 93.525 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103 km WSW of San Pedro de Atacama, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-06 16:21:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-06 16:36:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 573 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.823 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000px89 Id of event.
Event Code 6000px89 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000px89, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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