A 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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