A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.235 km (28 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:46:32 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.8407 West, latitude -29.7231 South, depth = 45.235 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 03:46:32 / April 3, 2025 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000q3kx. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3kx.
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Serena, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 54 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile.
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