A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -72.1276 West, latitude -33.0469 South, depth = 21.44 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:30:49 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.44 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008k3c. Id of event: us10008k3c. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/17 / 2017-04-23 20:30:49 / April 23, 2017 @ 8:30 pm.
Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 47 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), 78 km (48 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Quillota, Limache, San Antonio.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-eight, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days ninety-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 46 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.
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