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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Valparaiso in Chile

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 11:12:53 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.9895° West, latitude -32.9633° South, depth = 21.28 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10008k1k. Event ids that are associated: us10008k1k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.28 km (13 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 16:12:53 / April 23, 2017 @ 4:12 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Ligua, San Antonio, Hacienda La Calera. The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 34 km WNW of Valparaiso, Chile. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Chile Hacienda La Calera La Ligua Quillota Quilpue San Antonio Valparaiso Villa Alemana Vina del Mar

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-71.9895° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-32.9633° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km WNW of Valparaiso, Chile	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-04-23 16:12:53	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-04-23 16:54:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	259	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.301	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.83 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	69	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us10008k1k	Id of event.
Event Code	10008k1k	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10008k1k,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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