A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Unique identifier: us10008klf. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008klf. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:20:22 / 5:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -72.1889 West, latitude -32.9136 South, depth = 19.2 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/17 / 2017-04-25 10:20:22 / April 25, 2017 @ 10:20 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.2 km (12 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Cartagena, Quillota, Limache (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Limache (c. 35 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-six, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km WNW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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