Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 396 km north of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, on Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 00:33 (GMT)

Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 396 km north of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, on Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 00:33 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

8 Jan 00:39 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 5 minutes.
Jan 8 00:44: Magnitude recalculated from 5.0 to 5.1.
Jan 8 00:46: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.
Date & time: 8 Jan 2017 00:33:48 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 30.13°S / 72.13°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chile)
Nearby towns and cities:
79 km (49 mi) WSW of Coquimbo (pop: 161,300) --> See nearby quakes!
88 km (55 mi) WSW of La Serena (pop: 154,500) --> See nearby quakes!
104 km (64 mi) WNW of Ovalle (pop: 77,100) --> See nearby quakes!
191 km (118 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa) (pop: 22,800) --> See nearby quakes!
218 km (135 mi) SW of Vallenar (pop: 44,900) --> See nearby quakes!
317 km (197 mi) NNW of Quillota (pop: 67,800) --> See nearby quakes!
320 km (199 mi) NNW of San Felipe (pop: 59,300) --> See nearby quakes!
331 km (206 mi) NNW of Quilpué (pop: 130,300) --> See nearby quakes!
396 km (246 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) --> See nearby quakes!
414 km (257 mi) NNW of Puente Alto (pop: 510,400) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.010 kmOff Coast of Central ChileGFZ
M 4.82 km OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILEEMSC
M 5.043 km48 km al O de TongoyGUG (U. Chile)
M 4.810.7 km- 88km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileUSGS

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake South Pacific Ocean, 396 km north of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 8 January 2017 00:33 GMT

More info
Recorded aftershocks, latest first (8 quakes):
  • 21 Feb 2017 17:41 UTC
    | M 3.5 |
    48 km (29.8 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 20 Feb 2017 15:06 UTC
    | M 2.9 |
    22.7 km (14.1 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | GUG (U. Chile) | Details
  • 20 Feb 2017 10:18 UTC
    | M 3.9 |
    47 km (29.2 mi) depth
    |
    2 km (2 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 16 Feb 2017 13:33 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    43.7 km (27.2 mi) depth
    |
    3 km (2 mi) distance
    | GUG (U. Chile) | Details
  • 16 Feb 2017 07:02 UTC
    | M 5.0 |
    10 km (6.2 mi) depth
    |
    18 km (11 mi) distance
    | GFZ | Details
  • 09 Feb 2017 09:42 UTC
    | M 3.3 |
    59 km (36.7 mi) depth
    |
    11 km (7 mi) distance
    | EMSC | Details
  • 07 Feb 2017 11:49 UTC
    | M 3.1 |
    31.8 km (19.8 mi) depth
    |
    9 km (6 mi) distance
    | GUG (U. Chile) | Details
  • 23 Jan 2017 06:02 UTC
    | M 2.8 |
    42.7 km (26.5 mi) depth
    |
    4 km (2 mi) distance
    | GUG (U. Chile) | Details

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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 396 km north of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, on Sunday, 8 January 2017 at 00:33 (GMT)
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