M3.4 earthquake 96 km NW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 96 km NW of Copiapó, Chile on Mon, Jul 9, 1973, 7:50 PM GMT-4 (23:50 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.3 120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-07-09 23:50:50 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.863° S, 71.123° 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
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.491 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 22 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.288 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.579 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19436 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.767 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19435 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.594 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.280 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.4111 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.186 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.291 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.9105 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.896 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19434 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.8105 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19433 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
- 5.287 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19421 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.097 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19420 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 6.3120 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.692 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
- 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 5.387 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19416 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.786 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.149 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.9102 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.275 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.288 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.788 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19415 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.789 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.185 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19414 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.599 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19410 days ago · 19 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.695 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19410 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 6.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.080 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 38 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.989 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.184 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.384 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19409 days ago · 36 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.998 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19408 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 6.383 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19408 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.387 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19408 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.591 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19408 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.782 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19402 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.961 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19402 days ago · 25 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.883 km WSW of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 19402 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.951 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19391 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.287 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.782 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19437 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.599 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.292 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.087 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.180 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.374 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 19438 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.8108 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.888 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.396 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.791 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.997 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.187 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.392 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.594 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.493 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19439 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.385 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.081 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.986 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 19440 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.790 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 19441 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
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