A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 288 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile (179 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pwxk. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwxk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 17:05:13 / May 3, 2025 @ 5:05 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.5027 West, latitude -45.5225 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:05:13 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 288 km W of Puerto Chacabuco, Chile.

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