Just 5 minutes ago, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck near Copiapo, Provincia de Copiapó, Region de Atacama, Chile. The tremor was recorded in the morning on Monday, November 3rd, 2025, at 10:51 am local time, at a shallow depth of 12. km below the surface.The event was filed by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the first seismological agency to report it.A second report was later issued by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), which listed it as a magnitude 5.7 earthquake.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 Copiapo (pop. 129,300) located 114 km from the epicenter.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: Nov 3, 2025 03:51 pm (Universal Time) local time (3 Nov 2025 15:51 GMT)Magnitude: 5.3Depth: 31.00 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude: 27.43°S / 71.63°W (Region de Atacama, Chile)Primary data source: CSN