A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Coquimbo in Chile. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.971 km (40 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:17:48 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -71.3064° West, latitude -30.067° South, depth = 63.971 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzn5. Unique identifier: us6000pzn5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 21:17:48 / March 18, 2025 @ 9:17 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) from Coquimbo (c. 161 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from La Serena (c. 154 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Ovalle (c. 77 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Monte Patria (c. 13 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Vicuña (c. 13 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monte Patria, Ovalle, Vicuña (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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