A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Copiapó in Chile. The temblor was reported at 06:10:10 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 06:10:10 / December 16, 2025 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.1629 West, latitude -27.5501 South, depth = 92.208 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rv8a. Id of event: us6000rv8a. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 92.208 km (57 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Copiapó (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Copiapó (c. 129 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 26 km SE of Copiapó, Chile.

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