M5.3 Shallow Earthquake Recorded Near 162 km al NO de Mejillones

CSN Chile reports M5.3 near 162 km al NO de Mejillones, with a 0.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-09-21T14:19:03.271Z

The event began at Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:48:30 GMT. The provider also lists local time as 2026-09-21 08:48:30. CSN Chile reports magnitude 5.3, 0.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -22.290, -71.760.

The catalog location label is 162 km al NO de Mejillones; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 5.62e+12 joules, or about 1,344 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

The CSN Chile catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.