M5.5 earthquake near El Quisco, Valparaiso

What happened

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 92 km W of San Antonio, Chile on 2 Mar 2019, 20:21 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is El Quisco, about 89 km away in Valparaiso, Chile.