A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 25.3 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:40:04 / 8:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7943° West, -32.7051° South, depth 25.3 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/15 / 2015-12-23 01:40:04 / December 23, 2015 @ 1:40 am. Unique identifier: us100048yl. Ids that are associated to the event: us100048yl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby 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 Llaillay, Limache, La Ligua.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four 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.
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