A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Serena in Chile on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.1506 West, latitude -29.9681 South, depth = 88.715 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 88.715 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000r0w1. Event ids that are associated: us6000r0w1. The temblor was reported at 02:17:08 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 02:17:08 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña. Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 11 km SE of La Serena, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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