A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.61 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us1000arex. Event ids that are associated: us1000arex. Exact location of earthquake, -72.2068° West, -33.0461° South, depth 18.61 km. The temblor was reported at 09:16:03 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/17 / 2017-10-13 14:16:03 / October 13, 2017 @ 2:16 pm.
Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quillota, Limache, San Antonio. Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 54 km W of Valparaiso, Chile.
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