A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Unique identifier: us10008pdj. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pdj. The temblor was picked up at 14:48:14 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 17.59 km, -72.1248° West, -33.019° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 19:48:14 / April 23, 2017 @ 7:48 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.59 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, Villa Alemana, Quilpué.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and one, in the last 10 days one hundred and two, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.
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