5.9R in Chile

A powerful 5.9R earthquake has been reported this afternoon in Chile, offshore Coquimbo, as shown on the map.

We expected this today at (25.4S, 70.4W)


Magnitude

	Mw 5.9
Region	OFFSHORE COQUIMBO, CHILE
Date time	2017-09-18 13:47:00.8 UTC
Location	31.84 S ; 71.83 W
Depth	40 km
Distances	211 km NW of Santiago, Chile / pop: 4,838,000 / local time: 10:47:00.8 2017-09-18 134 km N of Valparaíso, Chile / pop: 283,000 / local time: 10:47:00.8 2017-09-18 67 km W of Illapel, Chile / pop: 22,900 / local time: 10:47:00.8 2017-09-18