M4.4 earthquake 51 km N of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 51 km N of La Serena, Chile on Sat, Oct 3, 2015, 4:43 PM GMT-3 (19:43 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 37 km NNW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-03 19:43:21 UTC
- Depth
- 41.5 km (25.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.438° S, 71.215° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.837 km NNW of Ovalle, Chile · 4003 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
- 4.548 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3998 days ago · 56 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3997 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.915 km ESE of La Serena, Chile · 3990 days ago · 92 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3986 days ago · 52 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.321 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 3985 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 40 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 50 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.5100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.378 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.383 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.2Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
- 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.978 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.881 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 23
- 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.588 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.586 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.583 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.386 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3963 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.3102 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.698 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3954 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.335 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.140 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4007 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4018 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 41 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.689 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 4021 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 5.375 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.762 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.344 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.233 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.010 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 4026 days ago · 65 km deep · 43 km away
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