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M4.6 Earthquake near 36 km WSW of Mejillones, Chile

UTC time: 2025-01-08 20:30:19 UTC Local time: —
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Magnitude
M4.6
Depth
23.4 km
Source
USGS

36 km WSW of Mejillones, Chile

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About this earthquake

On January 8, 2025 at 20:30 UTC, a magnitude M4.6 earthquake occurred near 36 km WSW of Mejillones, Chile. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 23 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.

The data is provided by USGS and cross-checked across seismological networks.

Details

ID
a80ebac2bb69fb95303c60e8dafd33c6b69ffb74
Magnitude
M4.6
Depth
23.4 km
UTC time
2025-01-08 20:30:19 UTC
Local time
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Country
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Source
usgs
Coordinates
-23.16840, -70.79580

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 23.4 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 23.4 km
Shallow
23.4 km
Why depth matters

Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.

Depth classes per USGS

Volcanoes nearby

  • Negrillar, La
    Distance: 258 km ·Pyroclastic cone(s) ·Elevation: 4'220 m ·Chile
  • Tilocalar
    Distance: 286 km ·Lava cone(es) ·Elevation: 3'109 m ·Chile
  • Llullaillaco
    Distance: 288 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 6'739 m ·Last eruption: 1877 ·Chile-Argentina
  • Socompa
    Distance: 293 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 6'031 m ·Last eruption: -5250 ·Chile-Argentina
  • Tujle, Cerro
    Distance: 299 km ·Maar ·Elevation: 3'550 m ·Chile
  • Licancabur
    Distance: 301 km ·Stratovolcano ·Elevation: 5'916 m ·Chile-Bolivia

Radius · 50 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Andrés Sabella Gálvez International AirportChile · ANF · SCFA
    47.2 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

No unambiguous area assignment

Context for this earthquake

This event has no unambiguous country assignment in the analysed catalogue. It is therefore not assigned to a regional profile.

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