A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Melipilla in Chile on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/03/19 / 2019-03-04 04:18:14 / March 4, 2019 @ 4:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 66.25 km, -71.2704° West, -33.4474° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 66.25 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000jasc. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000jasc. The temblor was detected at 00:18:14 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Graneros, Hacienda La Calera, Llaillay. Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Santiago (c. 4 837 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Puente Alto (c. 510 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from San Bernardo (c. 249 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from La Pintana (c. 201 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 28 km N of Melipilla, Chile. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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