M5.1 earthquake 2 km ENE of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Mar 13, 1975, 8:07 PM GMT-4 (00:07 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 8 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-03-14 00:07:00 UTC
- Depth
- 59.0 km (36.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.940° S, 71.316° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.534 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 18832 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.57 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 18831 days ago · 58 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.232 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18831 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.38 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18831 days ago · 47 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.617 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 18830 days ago · 62 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.66 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 18830 days ago · 61 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.162 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18828 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.234 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 18824 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.216 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18801 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.445 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18780 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 5.128 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 18832 days ago · 26 km deep · 29 km away
- 5.215 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 18832 days ago · 51 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.327 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 18832 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 6.91 km N of Coquimbo, Chile · 18832 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.664 km N of La Serena, Chile · 18834 days ago · 62 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000a7p. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC.