Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Taltal in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Taltal in Chile. Event id: us6000rp03. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rp03. The temblor was picked up at 19:58:02 / 7:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 19:58:02 / November 18, 2025 @ 7:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 55.661 km (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -70.1632 West, latitude -24.6548 South, depth = 55.661 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Taltal (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taltal (min 5000 pop). Close 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km NNE of Taltal, Chile.

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