M3.6 earthquake 67 km NW of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 67 km NW of Copiapó, Chile on Sun, Jul 5, 2015, 12:07 PM GMT-3 (15:07 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 85 km WSW 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
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-05 15:07:49 UTC
- Depth
- 39.0 km (24.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.916° S, 70.790° 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 7.7 km horizontally, 10.1 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.167 km NW of Copiapó, Chile · 4083 days ago · 55 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 4.485 km WSW of Copiapó, Chile · 4056 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2114 km W of Diego de Almagro, Chile · 4051 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002nj2. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:13 PM UTC.