A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ollagüe in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -68.7251 West, latitude -21.6546 South, depth = 105.949 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:03:21 / 10:03 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000qxj0. Event ids that are associated: us6000qxj0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 22:03:21 / August 1, 2025 @ 10:03 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.949 km (66 miles).

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. Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km SW of Ollagüe, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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