A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Valparaíso in Chile. The temblor was reported at 12:51:11 / 12:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.081 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/07/25 / 2025-07-27 12:51:11 / July 27, 2025 @ 12:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -71.9378 West, latitude -32.8031 South, depth = 19.081 km. Unique identifier: us6000qvhp. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvhp.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Antonio, Llaillay, Cartagena (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Viña del Mar (c. 294 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Valparaíso (c. 282 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Quilpué (c. 130 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Villa Alemana (c. 97 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from San Antonio (c. 85 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Quillota (c. 67 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hacienda La Calera (c. 49 100 pop).
Every 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight 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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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. 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: 38 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile.
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