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Waste / landfill · 14 Mar 2025

Methane plume detected in Chile

On 14 Mar 2025, the EMIT - NASA satellite saw methane escaping at about 25,637 kg/h from a waste site or landfill.

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25,637 kg/h
± 12,839 kg/h (UNEP uncertainty)

If it continued at this rate for 24 hours it would release about 615 tonnes of methane.

Detected
14 Mar 2025 · 18:49 UTC
Satellite
EMIT - NASA
Sector
Waste / landfill
Wind
Plume drifting towards the E · 4.9 m/s
Coordinates
-32.95405, -70.79594
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UNEP plume ID
75b9bba0-6246-44ba-bd75-e37e9a2e4b1b

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Emitting site

CHL_S_001 · Landfill
4 plumes detected at this site

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Cite as: UNEP IMEO MARS plume 75b9bba0-6246-44ba-bd75-e37e9a2e4b1b, via Methane Leaks (https://www.methaneleaks.com/plume/75b9bba0-6246-44ba-bd75-e37e9a2e4b1b), accessed 5 Oct 2026.