Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 48 km NNE of La Serena, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 48 km NNE of La Serena, Chile on Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 12:23 PM GMT-3 (15:23 UTC), 96 km (60 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2015-07-27 15:23:22 UTC
Depth
95.9 km (59.6 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
29.494° S, 71.092° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 9.0 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
150°
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: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.2Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4062 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  2. 5.721 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 4048 days ago · 31 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 49
  3. 4.26 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4048 days ago · 45 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.82 km N of La Serena, Chile · 4048 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.532 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 4047 days ago · 52 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 4.327 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 4045 days ago · 51 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.010 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 4027 days ago · 65 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 5.233 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 29 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 5.344 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 4.762 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 5.552 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.4Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4024 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4023 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 6.179 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 4.564 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.689 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 4022 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.237 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 4022 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.967 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 4020 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 4.343 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4019 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 5.067 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4087 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200030e7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.