A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -71.4922° West, latitude -32.4984° South, depth = 69.685 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:42:17 / 5:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000r3i2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r3i2. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/25 / 2025-08-24 17:42:17 / August 24, 2025 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 69.685 km (43 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Los Andes, San Felipe, Llaillay (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 25 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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