M4.6 earthquake 118 km W of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 118 km W of Copiapó, Chile on Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 11:20 PM GMT-3 (02:20 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-22 02:20:34 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.549° S, 71.508° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.8 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.55
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.677 km SW of Copiapó, Chile · 4219 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 5.284 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 4231 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
- 4.0108 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 4231 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.1109 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 4232 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.9120 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 4232 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 4.4107 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 4234 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.4108 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 4237 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001piy. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.