A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from San Antonio in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 13:42:51 / 1:42 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006e74. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006e74. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.33 km (16 miles). Exact location of event, depth 25.33 km, -72.0163° West, -33.5931° South. Global time and date of event 16/08/16 / 2016-08-16 18:42:51 / August 16, 2016 @ 6:42 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villa Alemana, Quilpué, Viña del Mar (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Melipilla (c. 63 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km W of San Antonio, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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