A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ovalle in Chile. The temblor was detected at 11:14:43 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 11:14:43 / March 13, 2025 @ 11:14 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.67 km (35 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pyju. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyju. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 55.67 km, -71.5515° West, -30.8479° South.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle. Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 43 km SW of Ovalle, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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