A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.99 West, latitude -32.683 South, depth = 24 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:55:27 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/09/17 / 2017-09-25 13:55:27 / September 25, 2017 @ 1:55 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000aub9. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000aub9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24 km (15 miles).
Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, La Ligua, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 52 km NW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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