A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/09/15 / 2015-09-20 00:59:23 / September 20, 2015 @ 12:59 am. The temblor was detected at 19:59:23 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003m28. Unique identifier: us20003m28. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1757° West, -33.122° South, depth 18.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.5 km (11 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Limache, Villa Alemana (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 52 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.
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