A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Calama in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 102.257 km (64 miles). Exact location of event, depth 102.257 km, -68.7945° West, -22.0098° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000rdma. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rdma. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/25 / 2025-09-29 17:40:17 / September 29, 2025 @ 5:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:40:17 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Calama (c. 143 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Calama (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 51 km NNE of Calama, Chile.

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