Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 40 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 40 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Feb 16, 2015, 5:33 PM GMT-3 (20:33 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-02-16 20:33:47 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.282° S, 71.530° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Coquimbo and La Serena.

From the USGS event page for usb000tpss. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.2 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Stations used
0

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.645 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4245 days ago · 65 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 4.047 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4235 days ago · 41 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.5102 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4216 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 4.255 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4216 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 4.476 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4207 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.92 km WSW of La Serena, Chile · 4207 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.174 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4189 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.735 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4250 days ago · 56 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.376 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4267 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.216 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4270 days ago · 64 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 4.110 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4271 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 4.663 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4274 days ago · 27 km deep · 75 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000tpss. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.