A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. Exact location of event, longitude -72.1967 West, latitude -33.6987 South, depth = 21.772 km. Unique identifier: us7000pyvx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pyvx. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 17:33:20 / May 12, 2025 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.772 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 17:33:20 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Melipilla, Valparaíso, Cartagena. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 55 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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