Strong mag. 5.4 earthquake - Elqui Province, 30 km north of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Wednesday, 7 October 2015 at 08:00 (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 3 weeks earlier.
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Strong magnitude 5.4 earthquake at 10 km depth
7 Oct 08:09 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Date & time: 7 Oct 2015 08:00:41 UTC
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.35°S / 71.09°W
(Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
30 km (19 mi) NNE of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
40 km (25 mi) NNW of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
50 km (31 mi) SSE of Coquimbo (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
50 km (31 mi) SW of Vicuña (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,500) --> See nearby quakes!
52 km (32 mi) SSE of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
143 km (89 mi) N of Illapel (Choapa, Coquimbo Region) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
200 km (124 mi) S of Vallenar (Atacama) (pop: 44,900) --> See nearby quakes!
282 km (175 mi) N of Quillota (Valparaíso) (pop: 67,800) --> See nearby quakes!
348 km (216 mi) N of Santiago de Chile (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
366 km (227 mi) N of Puente Alto (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
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 | 10 km | Near Coast of Central Chile | GFZ |
| M 4.7 | 7.2 km | - 34km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile | USGS |
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Coquimbo (Chile, 32 km NW of epicenter) : Fuertisimo. (reported through EMSC)
La Serena (Chile, 41 km N of epicenter) : sudden strong jolt (reported through EMSC)
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