A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 100 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile (62 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:15:53 / 9:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000pysp. Event ids that are associated: us7000pysp. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/25 / 2025-05-12 09:15:53 / May 12, 2025 @ 9:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -69.1496 West, latitude -21.5709 South, depth = 100.395 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 100.395 km (62 miles).

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 six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 100 km WSW of Ollagüe, Chile.

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