Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Limarí, 39 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Tuesday, 8 December 2015 at 12:56 (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 12 weeks earlier.
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Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 23 km depth
8 Dec 13:04 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 23.0 km.
Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.0 to 23.0 km.
Magnitude: 5.6
Depth: 23.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.78°S / 71.55°W
(Limarí, Coquimbo Region, Chile)Nearby towns and cities:
39 km (24 mi) WSW of Ovalle (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
57 km (36 mi) W of Monte Patria (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 13,900) --> See nearby quakes!
102 km (63 mi) SSW of La Serena (Coquimbo Region) (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
310 km (192 mi) NNW of Santiago (Santiago Metropolitan) (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| M 5.6 | 23 km | Near Coast of Central Chile | GFZ |
| M 5.6 | 30 km | COQUIMBO, CHILE | EMSC |
| M 5.6 | 40 km | 44 km al O de Punitaqui | GUG (U. Chile) |
| M 5.6 | 30 km | - 55km WSW of Ovalle, Chile | USGS |
(shakemap: USGS)
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La Serena (Chile, 103 km N of epicenter) : Ahhh un manjarsh (reported through EMSC)
Ovalle (Chile, 52 km NE of epicenter) : Duro 40 segundos y un mov muy raro como circular (reported through EMSC)
La Serena (Chile, 107 km NE of epicenter) : Moderado movimiento de balanceo, sin ruido previo, largo, duracion aproximada 1 minuto (reported through EMSC)
Coquimbo (Chile, 97 km N of epicenter) : Muy largo!! (reported through EMSC)
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Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Limarí, 39 km southwest of Ovalle, Provincia de Limari, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Tuesday, 8 December 2015 at 12:56 (GMT)Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
