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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean, 85 km west of Coquimbo, Provincia de Elqui, Coquimbo Region, Chile, on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 14:23 GMT

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

15 Aug 14:29 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 6 minutes.
Aug 15 14:30: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 15, 2019 14:23:39 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	29.86°S / 72.21°W (South Pacific Ocean, Chile)
Antipode	29.86°N / 107.79°E
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	85 km (53 mi) W of Coquimbo (pop: 161,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) W of La Serena (pop: 154,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) NW of Ovalle (pop: 77,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 201 km (125 mi) SW of Vallenar (pop: 44,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 221 km (137 mi) NNW of Illapel (Choapa) (pop: 22,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 332 km (207 mi) SSW of Copiapo (pop: 129,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 357 km (222 mi) N of Viña del Mar (pop: 294,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 358 km (222 mi) N of Valparaiso (pop: 282,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 362 km (225 mi) NNW of Quilpué (pop: 130,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 427 km (265 mi) NNW of Santiago de Chile (pop: 4,837,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.0	10 km	Off Coast of Central Chile	GFZ
5.0	20 km	Offshore Coquimbo, Chile	EMSC
4.6	10 km	Near Coast of Central Chile	USP
4.7	32 km	60 km al NO de Tongoy (Chile)	GUG (U. Chile)
5.0	14 km	65km W of Coquimbo, Chile	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile (LCO/IU network) | Distance from quake: 174 km / 108 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Las Campanas Astronomical Observatory, Chile: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.1-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Aug 25, 2019 09:17 3 years ago	2.5 30 km	South Pacific Ocean, 428 km N of Santiago de Chile, Provincia de Santiago, Chile	More

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