A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from La Ligua in Chile. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:21:41 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.968 West, latitude -32.2739 South, depth = 10.72 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 14:21:41 / December 3, 2017 @ 2:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000bkk1. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bkk1.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Hacienda La Calera. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from La Ligua (c. 24 900 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 four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 72 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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