A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from San Antonio in Chile on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -72.0357 West, latitude -33.8151 South, depth = 28.63 km. The temblor was detected at 12:37:02 / 12:37 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000pbjd. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pbjd. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 12:37:02 / February 5, 2025 @ 12:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.63 km (18 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (59 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Valparaíso, Melipilla, Cartagena (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile.

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