A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000en2x. Unique identifier: us1000en2x. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/06/18 / 2018-06-11 03:49:06 / June 11, 2018 @ 3:49 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -71.9109° West, -32.5354° South, depth 20.55 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:49:06 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.55 km (13 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Limache, Villa Alemana, Quillota (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 61 km NNW of Valparaiso, Chile.
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