Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 62 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 62 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 12:27 AM GMT-3 (03:27 UTC), 10 km (6 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
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-09-17 03:27:17 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.794° S, 71.963° 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
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 16°, dip 51°, rake 102°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 177°, dip 41°, rake 76°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.2 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
143°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.9Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 4.492 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.581 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 4.568 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 17 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 4.3131 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 4.5121 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 4.965 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 4.751 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.583 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 4.4123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 4.6127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.289 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 4.3111 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  16. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 4.994 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 4.5127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 4.373 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 4.283 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 4.562 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 4.494 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 4.1127 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 3.863 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 4.292 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4027 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 4.087 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 4.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 4.1110 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 4.987 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 4.7130 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 4.485 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 4.2112 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 5.0143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  35. 4.5135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 4.3135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  40. 5.487 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 4.593 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  42. 4.0137 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  43. 4.8135 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4026 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  44. 5.696 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  45. 4.255 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4026 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 4.589 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 4.494 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 4.2122 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 4.083 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  50. 3.9133 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  51. 4.2142 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 4.4115 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 4.4108 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 4.559 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 29 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 5.195 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 4.746 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away
  57. 4.395 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 4.293 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 4.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4025 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 4.3116 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4025 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.362 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 4.5110 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.6Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 4.973 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 4.696 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 5.187 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 4.987 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 5.389 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4028 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 5.344 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 5.233 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 4028 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 4.010 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 4031 days ago · 65 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 4.327 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 4049 days ago · 51 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.532 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 4051 days ago · 52 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 4.82 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4052 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.26 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4052 days ago · 45 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  16. 5.721 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 4052 days ago · 31 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 49

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003kep. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.