A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Calama in Chile. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcid. Id of event: us6000rcid. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/09/25 / 2025-09-24 12:15:39 / September 24, 2025 @ 12:15 pm. Exact location of event, depth 106.04 km, -68.9678° West, -22.1144° South. The temblor was picked up at 12:15:39 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.04 km (66 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km N of Calama, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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