A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Salamanca in Chile on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 103.602 km, -70.9243° West, -31.8613° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000px6k. Id of event: us7000px6k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/25 / 2025-05-05 02:17:48 / May 5, 2025 @ 2:17 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:17:48 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 103.602 km (64 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (62 miles) from San Felipe (c. 59 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Illapel (c. 22 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Salamanca (c. 13 300 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Felipe, La Ligua, Illapel.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. 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: 9 km SSE of Salamanca, Chile.

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