A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Valparaiso in Chile on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 23:29:14 / May 11, 2018 @ 11:29 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e6kv. Unique identifier: us1000e6kv. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:29:14 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -71.9045 West, latitude -32.7527 South, depth = 23.48 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.48 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was La Ligua, Limache, Hacienda La Calera (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 41 km NW of Valparaiso, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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