A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -71.9846 West, latitude -30.3431 South, depth = 21.693 km. Event id: us6000ridx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ridx. The temblor was reported at 01:31:58 / 1:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 01:31:58 / October 21, 2025 @ 1:31 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 21.693 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Serena, Ovalle, Coquimbo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-two 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 75 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile.

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