A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from La Serena in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, -71.2772° West, -29.2907° South, depth 64.867 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 64.867 km (40 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 14:10:50 / March 5, 2025 @ 2:10 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:50 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000px12. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px12.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Vallenar, Coquimbo, La Serena. Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km N of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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