M3.9 earthquake 2 km WSW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of La Serena, Chile on Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 12:29 AM GMT-3 (03:29 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 76 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-27 03:29:20 UTC
- Depth
- 58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.912° S, 71.278° 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 La Higuera and Rio Hurtado; (II) at Andacollo, Coquimbo and La Serena.
From the USGS event page for us10001r3r. 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 9.3 km horizontally, 9.0 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.476 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4202 days ago · 32 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
- 4.266 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4171 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.415 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4160 days ago · 59 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.240 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4158 days ago · 48 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001r3r. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:42 AM UTC.