Chile earthquakes

M5.4 earthquake 91 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 91 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 5:44 AM GMT-3 (08:44 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.9 81 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.4 (mww), moderate
Local time: Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 5:44 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-11-06 08:44:07 UTC
Depth: 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.142° S, 72.262° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude: 5.4 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 174°, dip 66°, rake 85°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 6°, dip 25°, rake 101°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 94°
Stations used: 80

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 109.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003v5a (also filed as gcmt20151106084407, iscgem610459370). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.