A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Calama in Chile on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/25 / 2025-08-05 04:59:07 / August 5, 2025 @ 4:59 am. Exact location, longitude -68.7126° West, latitude -22.0242° South, depth = 108.92 km. The temblor was detected at 04:59:07 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.92 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qy6e. Unique identifier: us6000qy6e.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-five 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.

Questions or comments?

Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 52 km NNE of Calama, Chile.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.