Chile earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 143 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:33 AM GMT-3 (04:33 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 87 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb), moderate
Local time: Sat, Sep 19, 2015, 1:33 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2015-09-19 04:33:48 UTC
Depth: 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 30.380° S, 72.751° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 1
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.3 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.04
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 87°
Stations used: 126

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 144.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003lpz (also filed as gcmt20150919043348). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.