A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from La Ligua in Chile on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 05:37:25 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.7814 West, latitude -32.4981 South, depth = 23.29 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/10/17 / 2017-10-07 10:37:25 / October 7, 2017 @ 10:37 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.29 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000b2fz. Event ids that are associated: us2000b2fz.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, Limache, Villa Alemana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 51 km W of La Ligua, Chile.
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