M4.1 earthquake 99 km W of Copiapó, Chile

Magnitude

4.1 (mb), light

Local time

Thu, Jul 5, 1973, 1:32 AM GMT-4

UTC

1973-07-05 05:32:52 UTC

Depth

28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

27.210° S, 71.323° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Stations used

7

• Caldera, ChilePopulation 16,150. Forecast52 kmWSW
• Copiapó, ChilePopulation 129,280. Forecast99 kmW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast698 kmN

After

1. 4.158 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 5, 5:25 AM GMT-4 · 19442 days ago · 61 km deep · 51 km away
2. 5.183 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 5, 9:37 AM GMT-4 · 19442 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
3. 4.893 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 5, 8:13 PM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
4. 4.076 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 1:26 AM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
5. 5.681 km W of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 5:27 AM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
6. 4.759 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 6:58 AM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
7. 5.057 km W of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 7:59 AM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 39 km deep · 49 km away
8. 4.790 km W of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 8:52 AM GMT-4 · 19441 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
9. 4.986 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 12:56 PM GMT-4 · 19440 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
10. 5.081 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 6, 4:30 PM GMT-4 · 19440 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
11. 4.385 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 1:02 AM GMT-4 · 19440 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
12. 5.493 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 2:44 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
13. 4.594 km W of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 3:26 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 35 km deep · 5 km away
14. 5.392 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 8:49 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
15. 5.187 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 8:54 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 16 km deep · 30 km away
16. 4.997 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 9:08 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
17. 4.791 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 9:13 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
18. 4.396 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 10:26 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
19. 4.888 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 7, 11:02 PM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
20. 4.8108 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Jul 8, 1:13 AM GMT-4 · 19439 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
21. 5.374 km NW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Jul 8, 2:12 PM GMT-4 · 19438 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
22. 5.180 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Jul 8, 4:47 PM GMT-4 · 19438 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
23. 4.087 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Jul 8, 6:49 PM GMT-4 · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
24. 4.292 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileSun, Jul 8, 8:57 PM GMT-4 · 19438 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
25. 4.599 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Jul 9, 9:16 AM GMT-4 · 19438 days ago · 28 km deep · 41 km away
26. 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Jul 9, 4:18 PM GMT-4 · 19437 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
27. 4.287 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Jul 9, 6:20 PM GMT-4 · 19437 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
28. 3.496 km NW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Jul 9, 7:50 PM GMT-4 · 19437 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
29. 5.491 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 10, 11:06 AM GMT-4 · 19437 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
30. 4.288 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 10, 1:02 PM GMT-4 · 19436 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
31. 5.579 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 10, 7:26 PM GMT-4 · 19436 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
32. 4.767 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, ChileWed, Jul 11, 12:44 PM GMT-4 · 19435 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
33. 5.594 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 9:45 AM GMT-4 · 19435 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
34. 4.280 km NW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 11:11 AM GMT-4 · 19435 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
35. 5.4111 km W of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 11:41 AM GMT-4 · 19434 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
36. 5.186 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 11:48 AM GMT-4 · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
37. 4.291 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 12:25 PM GMT-4 · 19434 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
38. 4.9105 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 7:26 PM GMT-4 · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
39. 4.896 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 12, 8:22 PM GMT-4 · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
40. 4.8105 km NW of Copiapó, ChileSat, Jul 14, 2:32 AM GMT-4 · 19433 days ago · 35 km deep · 50 km away
41. 5.287 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 26, 2:36 AM GMT-4 · 19421 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
42. 4.097 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileFri, Jul 27, 1:27 AM GMT-4 · 19420 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
43. 6.3120 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 6:51 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
44. 4.692 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 8:24 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
45. 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 8:32 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
46. 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 8:47 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
47. 5.387 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 8:57 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
48. 4.786 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 9:34 AM GMT-4 · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
49. 4.9102 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 31, 5:51 PM GMT-4 · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
50. 5.275 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileWed, Aug 1, 7:08 AM GMT-4 · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
51. 5.288 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileWed, Aug 1, 7:13 AM GMT-4 · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
52. 4.788 km NW of Copiapó, ChileWed, Aug 1, 8:30 AM GMT-4 · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
53. 5.789 km NW of Copiapó, ChileWed, Aug 1, 11:44 AM GMT-4 · 19414 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
54. 4.185 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileThu, Aug 2, 8:55 AM GMT-4 · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
55. 4.599 km NW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Aug 6, 3:29 AM GMT-4 · 19410 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
56. 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Aug 6, 9:06 AM GMT-4 · 19410 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
57. 6.184 km NW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Aug 6, 11:41 PM GMT-4 · 19409 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
58. 4.691 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Aug 7, 12:59 AM GMT-4 · 19409 days ago · 34 km deep · 49 km away
59. 4.080 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Aug 7, 3:13 AM GMT-4 · 19409 days ago · 38 km deep · 62 km away
60. 5.989 km NW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Aug 7, 6:04 AM GMT-4 · 19409 days ago · 34 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

1. 3.781 km NW of Vallenar, ChileThu, Jul 5, 1:13 AM GMT-4 · 19442 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
2. 4.595 km W of Copiapó, ChileThu, Jul 5, 12:50 AM GMT-4 · 19442 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
3. 5.271 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 3, 9:49 PM GMT-4 · 19443 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
4. 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 3, 8:26 PM GMT-4 · 19443 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
5. 5.465 km WNW of Copiapó, ChileTue, Jul 3, 5:41 PM GMT-4 · 19443 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
6. 4.1136 km WSW of Copiapó, ChileMon, Jul 2, 5:50 AM GMT-4 · 19445 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002jc. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:41 AM UTC.