Strong mag. 5.3 earthquake - Limarí, 42 km west of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Thursday, 17 September 2015 at 10:12 (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 11 hours earlier.
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Strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 30 km depth
17 Sep 11:18 UTC: First to report: GUG (U. Chile) after 1 hour and 5 minutes.
Date & time: 17 Sep 2015 10:12:53 UTC
Magnitude: 5.3
Depth: 29.7 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.536°S / 71.632°W
(Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
42 km (26 mi) W of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
67 km (42 mi) WNW of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) SSW of Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
79 km (49 mi) SSW of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
104 km (65 mi) WSW of Vicuña (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,500) --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
277 km (172 mi) N of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> See nearby quakes!
278 km (173 mi) N of Valparaiso (Valparaíso) (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
338 km (210 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
356 km (221 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GUG (U. Chile)
Estimated released energy: 5.6 x 1012 joules (1.56 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1344 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.3 | 30 km | 34 km al SO de Tongoy | GUG (U. Chile) |
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