A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile on Friday. Exact location, longitude -68.7289° West, latitude -21.6592° South, depth = 114.962 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 114.962 km (71 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000q3wt. Event ids that are associated: us6000q3wt. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:35:19 / 10:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/04/25 / 2025-04-04 10:35:19 / April 4, 2025 @ 10:35 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama. Event epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 68 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile.
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