A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Calama in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/04/25 / 2025-04-11 20:12:23 / April 11, 2025 @ 8:12 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.711 West, latitude -22.02 South, depth = 138.25 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5hi. Id of event: us6000q5hi. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 138.25 km (86 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:12:23 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calama (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 53 km NNE of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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