A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Santa Cruz in Chile on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.23 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 18:20:21 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7118 West, latitude -34.7544 South, depth = 42.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q01w. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q01w. Global time and date of event 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 18:20:21 / May 18, 2025 @ 6:20 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Constitución, San Clemente, Rengo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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