A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 85 km W of Ollagüe, Chile (53 miles) on Thursday. Exact location, longitude -69.0694° West, latitude -21.2977° South, depth = 105.016 km. The temblor was detected at 18:46:25 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.016 km (65 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/10/25 / 2025-10-02 18:46:25 / October 2, 2025 @ 6:46 pm. Unique identifier: us6000rebi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rebi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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