M4.5 earthquake 89 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 89 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 11:36 AM GMT-3 (14:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 83 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-28 14:36:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.316° S, 71.911° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 50
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.190 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3923 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.558 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3900 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.337 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3896 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.181 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3896 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.381 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3892 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.631 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3871 days ago · 24 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3870 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004a3m. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC.