Leve terremoto magnitud 4.9 - 27 km NW of La Ligua, Petorca Province, Region de Valparaiso, Chile, jueves, 31 oct. 2019 -

Leve terremoto magnitud 4.9 - 27 km NW of La Ligua, Petorca Province, Region de Valparaiso, Chile, jueves, 31 oct. 2019

Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 47 km depth

31 Oct 22:23 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 14 minutos.
Fecha & hora: 31 Oct 2019 22:09:15 UTC -
Magnitud: 4.9
Profundidad: 47.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 32.29°S / 71.44°W (Provincia de Petorca, Región de Valparaíso, Chile)
Volcán mas cercano: Tupungatito (197 km / 122 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
27 km al NO de La Ligua (Petorca, Valparaíso) (pop: 24,900) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
59 km al NNO de Hacienda La Calera (Valparaíso) (pop: 49,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
68 km al NNO de Quillota (Valparaíso) (pop: 67,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
82 km al N de Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
84 km al N de Villa Alemana (Valparaíso) (pop: 97,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
84 km al N de Quilpué (Valparaíso) (pop: 130,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
84 km al NO de San Felipe (Valparaíso) (pop: 59,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
85 km al NNE de Valparaíso (pop: 282,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
149 km al NNO de Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
168 km al NNO de Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.947 kmNear Coast of Central ChileGFZ
M 4.547 kmValparaiso, ChileEMSC
M 4.649 km18 km al NO de La Ligua (Chile)GUG (U. Chile)
M 4.546 km30km NW of La Ligua, ChileUSGS
M 4.410 kmOff Coast of Central ChileUSP

User reports for this quake (29)

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Algarrobo, Chile / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Olmue (82.7 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III)
150.1 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) (reported through our app)
Quilpue / Weak shaking (MMI III) : A few quick jolts.
88.3 km SE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
146.7 km SSE of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)
Quinta Normal (Chile, 148 km SE of epicenter) : Fue despacio .quinta normsl (reported through EMSC)
Olmué (Chile, 85 km S of epicenter) : Mucho ruido. Sismo corto (reported through EMSC)
Quintero (Chile, 63 km S of epicenter) : Felt in quintero (reported through EMSC)
Puchuncaví (Chile, 41 km S of epicenter) : En la playa movimiento circular (reported through EMSC)
La Florida (Chile, 161 km SE of epicenter) : Movimiento suave, muy leve. (reported through EMSC)
Ñuñoa (Chile, 155 km SE of epicenter) : Movimiento leve,en santiago (reported through EMSC)
Providencia (Chile, 153 km SE of epicenter) : Sitting on my bed and everything started to shake for twenty seconds or more. (reported through EMSC)
Santiago (Chile, 151 km SE of epicenter) : Muy tranquilo aquí (reported through EMSC)
Providencia (Chile, 150 km SE of epicenter) : Leve en Santiago providencia y corto (reported through EMSC)
Vitacura (Chile, 150 km SE of epicenter) : En un tercer piso, se sintió muy leve. (reported through EMSC)
Vitacura (Chile, 149 km SE of epicenter) : Muy suave en Santiago (reported through EMSC)
Vitacura (Chile, 149 km SE of epicenter) : Felt it in Santiago. But very light (reported through EMSC)
Renca (Chile, 144 km SE of epicenter) : Ruido y pequeña oscilación. (reported through EMSC)
Quilicura (Chile, 138 km SE of epicenter) : Ruido y su remezón poco acá en Santiago (reported through EMSC)
Lampa (Chile, 124 km SE of epicenter) : leve grado 2 a 3 mercalli se sintió un ruido de baja frecuencia junto con el movimiento (reported through EMSC)
Los Andes (Chile, 101 km SE of epicenter) : Los Andes, chile (reported through EMSC)
Olmué (Chile, 95 km S of epicenter) : Sentí un golpe corto (reported through EMSC)
San Felipe (Chile, 93 km SE of epicenter) : V región cordillera, movimiento piñufla (reported through EMSC)
Viña del Mar (Chile, 85 km S of epicenter) : Fue una fuerte vibración y duro bastante (reported through EMSC)
Limache (Chile, 84 km S of epicenter) : I thinks it was heavy, but was medium (reported through EMSC)
Viña del Mar (Chile, 82 km S of epicenter) : Vibro solo el piso (reported through EMSC)
Viña del Mar (Chile, 77 km S of epicenter) : Remezon fuerte (reported through EMSC)
Quintero (Chile, 68 km S of epicenter) : Breve (reported through EMSC)
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