A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ipn. Id of event: us10003ipn. Exact location of event, depth 17.55 km, -72.1693° West, -33.041° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 02:56:33 / September 29, 2015 @ 2:56 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:56:33 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.55 km (11 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, Quillota, Limache. Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-six and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 50 km W of Valparaiso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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