A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Friday. Event id: us1000bjra. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bjra. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/17 / 2017-12-01 05:45:58 / December 1, 2017 @ 5:45 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.06 km (3 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9183 West, latitude -32.6801 South, depth = 5.06 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:45:58 / 12:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Llaillay, Limache, La Ligua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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