M5.0 earthquake near Buin, Santiago Metropolitan

What happened

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck 7 km N of Buin, Chile on 8 Nov 2022, 08:51 UTC at a depth of 90 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 Buin, about 7 km away in Santiago Metropolitan, Chile.