Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 67 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 67 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 7:48 AM GMT-3 (10:48 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 21 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mww), moderate
Local time: Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 7:48 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-07-16 10:48:04 UTC
Depth: 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 29.500° S, 71.810° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 4
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting: Normal
Moment magnitude: 5.0 Mww
Nodal plane 1: Strike 220°, dip 58°, rake -69°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 5°, dip 37°, rake -119°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 101°
Stations used: 186

Nearest places

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002xvy (also filed as iscgem610635901). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC.