Overview
- Chile’s National Seismological Center reported the quake at 08:43 local time in the Coquimbo region near Parque Fray Jorge/Ovalle/Punitaqui.
- Mendoza felt the strongest shaking in Argentina, with reports also from San Juan and Córdoba, and public offices in Mendoza briefly evacuated as a precaution.
- Chile’s SHOA said the event did not meet conditions for a tsunami, and Senapred reported no injuries, infrastructure damage or service outages in initial assessments.
- Preliminary magnitudes ranged from 5.5 (INPRES) to 5.6 (University of Chile), with early depth estimates varying between roughly 19 km and 49 km.
- Separate seismic activity was logged in the region, including a 4.2 in Arequipa and 3.7 in Lima (IGP Peru), a 4.4 near Salina Cruz, Oaxaca (SSN Mexico), a 5.4 in Chile’s Magallanes, and a 6.5 in Indonesia (USGS) without tsunami alerts.