Moderate mag. 5.4 earthquake - Limarí Province, 36 km south of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Thursday, 17 September 2015 at 03:12 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.8 quake Choapa, 36 km west of Illapel, Provincia de Choapa, Coquimbo Region, Chile, 16 September 2015 22:54 GMT, which had occurred 4 hours earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 47 km depth
17 Sep 04:18 UTC: First to report: GUG (U. Chile) after 1 hour and 6 minutes.
Date & time: 17 Sep 2015 03:12:42 UTC
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 47.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.922°S / 71.264°W
(Limarí Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
36 km (23 mi) S of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
39 km (24 mi) SW of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (49 mi) N of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
100 km (62 mi) NNW of Salamanca (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,300) --> See nearby quakes!
108 km (67 mi) S of Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
113 km (70 mi) S of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
113 km (70 mi) S of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
235 km (146 mi) N of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> See nearby quakes!
288 km (179 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
306 km (190 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 7.9 x 1012 joules (2.21 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1898 tons of TNT or 0.1 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.4 | 47 km | 10 km al S de Punitaqui | GUG (U. Chile) |
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