M4.8 earthquake 69 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 69 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Nov 6, 2015, 10:34 PM GMT-3 (01:34 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 107 km WNW 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-07 01:34:51 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.030° S, 72.055° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 73
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.2107 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 4.051 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.722 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 42 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 9
- 4.442 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3972 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.321 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3971 days ago · 47 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 40 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 50 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.5100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.378 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.383 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.2Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
- 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.978 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.881 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 23
- 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.588 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.586 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.181 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.386 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.359 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3963 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.129 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3962 days ago · 49 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3958 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3958 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 10
The first 60 of 109.
Before
- 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 26 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.034 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3974 days ago · 38 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.7Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.5147 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3977 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.238 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3980 days ago · 31 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3981 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3982 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.381 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.388 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.5156 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3984 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.396 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3985 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.048 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3986 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 72 km away
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