A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Puente Alto in Chile on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 106.3 km (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:42:18 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20003g6r. Event ids that are associated: us20003g6r. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/09/15 / 2015-09-04 01:42:18 / September 4, 2015 @ 1:42 am. Exact location, longitude -70.412° West, latitude -33.829° South, depth = 106.3 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Vicente, Rengo, Melipilla.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 28 km SE of Puente Alto, Chile.
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