A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. Event id: us6000rh00. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh00. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.811 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -71.6823° West, latitude -30.0681° South, depth = 34.811 km. The temblor was reported at 07:17:33 / 7:17 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 07:17:33 / October 14, 2025 @ 7:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ovalle, La Serena, Coquimbo. Earthquake epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 35 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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