M4.2 earthquake 66 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 66 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, May 2, 2015, 12:46 AM GMT-3 (03:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 38 km NW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-05-02 03:46:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.5 km (20.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.337° S, 71.869° 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, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.415 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4158 days ago · 59 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.538 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 4116 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002dsl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.