Chile earthquakes

M4.7 earthquake 35 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Feb 11, 2015, 2:07 PM GMT-3 (17:07 UTC), 56 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 76 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-02-11 17:07:17 UTC
Depth
56.4 km (35.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.166° S, 71.611° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Coquimbo, La Serena and Ovalle; (III) at Andacollo, Monte Patria, Paihuano, Rio Hurtado and Vicuna.

From the USGS event page for usc000tp13. 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.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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 4.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.840 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4246 days ago · 36 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 4.645 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 4245 days ago · 65 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 4.047 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4236 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 4.5102 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4217 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.255 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4217 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.92 km WSW of La Serena, Chile · 4207 days ago · 58 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 5.476 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4202 days ago · 32 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11

Before

  1. 4.216 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4270 days ago · 64 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 4.110 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4272 days ago · 59 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 4.663 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4275 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tp13. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.