A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:46:18 / 1:46 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j9m8. Id of event: us2000j9m8. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8482 West, latitude -32.5742 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/01/19 / 2019-01-28 06:46:18 / January 28, 2019 @ 6:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Limache, Villa Alemana, Quillota (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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: 55 km NNW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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