Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 66 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 09:07 (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 2 days earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
19 Sep 09:12 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 27.0 to 10.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 27.0 to 10.0 km.
Magnitude: 5.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 31.11°S / 71.55°W
(Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
66 km (41 mi) SSW of Ovalle (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
69 km (43 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
73 km (45 mi) SW of Monte Patria (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
93 km (58 mi) NW of Salamanca (Choapa) (pop: 13,300) --> See nearby quakes!
130 km (81 mi) S of Coquimbo (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
137 km (85 mi) SSW of La Serena (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
213 km (132 mi) N of Viña del Mar (Valparaíso) (pop: 294,600) --> See nearby quakes!
214 km (133 mi) N of Valparaiso (Valparaíso) (pop: 282,400) --> See nearby quakes!
274 km (171 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
293 km (182 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.8 | 10 km | Near Coast of Central Chile | GFZ |
| M 5.8 | 30 km | 5.8 COQUIMBO, CHILE | EMSC |
| M 6.0 | 34 km | 32 km al NO de Canela Baja | GUG (U. Chile) |
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(Chile, 274 km S of epicenter) : Se sintió leve piso 24 (reported through EMSC)
(Chile, 274 km S of epicenter) : Es la casi 350 replica que tenemos estoy en Santiago y fue grado 6 fuerte casi 6:15Am, los vidrios sonaban mucho (reported through EMSC)
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Moderate mag. 5.8 earthquake - 66 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Saturday, 19 September 2015 at 09:07 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
