A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile. The temblor was picked up at 15:50:28 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005b20. Id of event: us20005b20. Global time and date of event 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 18:50:28 / March 19, 2016 @ 6:50 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 27.52 km, -71.8611° West, -33.1791° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.52 km (17 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Llaillay, Lampa, Melipilla (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 26 km SW of Valparaiso, Chile.
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