A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/18 / 2018-08-15 02:53:57 / August 15, 2018 @ 2:53 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g9ft. Unique identifier: us1000g9ft. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:53:57 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.87 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -71.7609° West, -32.8703° South, depth 27.87 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cartagena, Llaillay, La Ligua (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 22 km NNW of Valparaiso, Chile.
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