A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Calama in Chile. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:58:02 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 110.872 km, -68.6337° West, -21.991° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 20:58:02 / April 3, 2025 @ 8:58 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000q3t7. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3t7. 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 110.872 km (69 miles).
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 59 km NNE of Calama, Chile.
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