M4.0 earthquake 47 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 47 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Feb 26, 2015, 12:40 PM GMT-3 (15:40 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 102 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-26 15:40:03 UTC
- Depth
- 40.7 km (25.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.285° S, 71.656° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 18.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 178°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.5102 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4217 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.255 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4216 days ago · 41 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.476 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4208 days ago · 31 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 3.92 km WSW of La Serena, Chile · 4207 days ago · 58 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.174 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 4189 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ttcp. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:02 AM UTC.