The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 5.3 quake in Chile near Calama, Provincia de El Loa, Region de Antofagasta, only 5 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the evening on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025, at 8:46 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 103. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. A third agency, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter. Weak shaking might have been felt in San Pedro de Atacama (pop. 2,000) located 60 km from the epicenter, and Calama (pop. 165,700) 65 km away.VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you’re in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.Earthquake data: Date & time: Jul 24, 2025 12:46 am (Universal Time) local time (24 Jul 2025 00:46 GMT)Magnitude: 5.2Depth: 111.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 22.24°S / 68.66°W (Provincia de El Loa, Region de Antofagasta, Chile)Primary data source: EMSC