M5.4 earthquake near Colina, Santiago Metropolitan

What happened

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile on 2 Aug 2017, 07:15 UTC at a depth of 92 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.

The nearest town in our records is Colina, about 5 km away in Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.