A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile (12 miles) on Saturday. 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: us7000qsgp. Unique identifier: us7000qsgp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.702 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:11:26 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 04:11:26 / August 30, 2025 @ 4:11 am. Exact location of event, longitude -68.4234 West, latitude -21.1371 South, depth = 123.702 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 20 km WNW of Ollagüe, Chile.

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