A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.12 km (11 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:53:12 / 3:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 20:53:12 / April 23, 2017 @ 8:53 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1446 West, latitude -33.0624 South, depth = 18.12 km. Event id: us10008k3j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008k3j.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, Villa Alemana, Quilpué (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cartagena (c. 16 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-six, in the last 10 days ninety-six, in the past 30 days ninety-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 48 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.
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