A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:08:23 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.429 km (24 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000r1p2. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1p2. Exact location of earthquake, -71.6234° West, -29.8655° South, depth 38.429 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 05:08:23 / August 17, 2025 @ 5:08 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, Vicuña, La Serena (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 29 km (18 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 29 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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