A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Villa Presidente Frei in Nunoa in Santiago in Chile in Chile. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/19 / 2019-01-25 15:49:34 / January 25, 2019 @ 3:49 pm. The temblor was reported at 11:49:34 / 11:49 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j8tg. Unique identifier: us2000j8tg. Exact location, longitude -70.2669° West, latitude -33.5064° South, depth = 102.6 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.6 km (64 miles).
Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Lo Prado (c. 104 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Melipilla, Rancagua, Machalí (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 29 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Nunoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile.
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