A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The temblor was detected at 03:27:13 / 3:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000b0fa. Event ids that are associated: us2000b0fa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -72.0212° West, latitude -33.014° South, depth = 17.65 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.65 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/17 / 2017-10-03 08:27:13 / October 3, 2017 @ 8:27 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hacienda La Calera, San Antonio, Quillota (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km W of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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