A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003irp. Unique identifier: us10003irp. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 19.77 km (12 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:20:20 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/09/15 / 2015-09-29 13:20:20 / September 29, 2015 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -72.1484° West, -33.0078° South, depth 19.77 km.
Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, Quillota, San Antonio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km W of Valparaiso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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