M4.3 earthquake 64 km NNE of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 64 km NNE of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Feb 4, 2015, 10:09 AM GMT-3 (13:09 UTC), 95 km (59 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
- 4.3 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-04 13:09:05 UTC
- Depth
- 95.0 km (59.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.343° S, 71.070° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 36
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 4229 days ago · 60 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
- 4.255 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4217 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.92 km WSW of La Serena, Chile · 4208 days ago · 58 km deep · 66 km away
- 5.476 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 4203 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 11
- 4.79 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 4202 days ago · 45 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tlh9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.