Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 108 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 108 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile on Sun, Jul 8, 1973, 1:13 AM GMT-4 (05:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1973-07-08 05:13:32 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
27.141° S, 71.397° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
15

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.374 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 5.180 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 4.087 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.292 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 4.599 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 28 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 4.287 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 3.496 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 5.491 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19435 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 4.288 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19435 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 5.579 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19435 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 4.767 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19434 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 5.594 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.280 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 5.4111 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 5.186 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 4.291 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 4.9105 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 4.896 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 4.8105 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19432 days ago · 35 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 5.287 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19420 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 4.097 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19419 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 6.3120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 4.692 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
  25. 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 5.387 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 4.786 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 4.9102 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 5.275 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 5.288 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 4.788 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 5.789 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19413 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 4.185 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19413 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 4.599 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 6.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 4.691 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 4.080 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 38 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 5.989 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 34 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 4.384 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 4.998 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19407 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 6.383 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19407 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 4.387 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19407 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 4.591 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19407 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 5.782 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19401 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 4.961 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19401 days ago · 25 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 4.883 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19401 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 3.951 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19390 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 4.888 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 4.396 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 4.791 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 4.997 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 5.187 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 5.392 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 4.594 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 5.493 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 4.385 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 5.081 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 4.986 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 4.790 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 23 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 5.057 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 4.759 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 5.681 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 4.076 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 4.893 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 5.183 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 4.158 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 19441 days ago · 61 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 4.199 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19441 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00002mc. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC.