A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Vallenar in Chile on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.0892 West, latitude -29.1489 South, depth = 52.091 km. Id of earthquake: us6000rddw. Event ids that are associated: us6000rddw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.091 km (32 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 02:35:27 / September 28, 2025 @ 2:35 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:35:27 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Coquimbo, La Serena, Vallenar (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Vallenar (c. 44 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 71 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile.

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