A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Puente Alto in Chile on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/11/20 / 2020-11-11 23:48:05 / November 11, 2020 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -70.4094 West, latitude -33.5923 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 23:48:05 / 11:48 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000cdl4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000cdl4.
Earthquake epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Rancagua (c. 212 700 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Melipilla, Rancagua, Machalí.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor 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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km E of Puente Alto, Chile.
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