A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Exact location, longitude -70.4939° West, latitude -25.095° South, depth = 37.178 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:27:22 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000reue. Event ids that are associated: us6000reue. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/25 / 2025-10-04 20:27:22 / October 4, 2025 @ 8:27 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 37.178 km (23 miles).

Event epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).

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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km N of Taltal, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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