India, July 4 -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale jolted the coastal waters off central Chile on Friday afternoon, rattling nearby communities and triggering immediate monitoring protocols across regional emergency networks.

According to official seismological logs released by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the seismic event occurred at exactly 2043 GMT on July 3. The earthquake originated at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres (approximately 6.21 miles) below the Earth's surface, a factor that typically intensifies how strongly a tremor is felt by populations living near the epicentre.

Scientific Agencies Map Centre of the Seismic Activity

International monitoring bureaus quickly conv...