M4.5 earthquake 58 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 58 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Tue, Feb 10, 2015, 9:27 AM GMT-3 (12:27 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 84 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-10 12:27:06 UTC
- Depth
- 35.4 km (22.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.163° S, 71.130° 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 Copiapo, Huasco and Tierra Amarilla.
From the USGS event page for usc000tnn6. 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 5.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2131 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 4250 days ago · 28 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.4108 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 4237 days ago · 49 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
- 5.284 km NNW of Vallenar, Chile · 4231 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
- 4.677 km SW of Copiapó, Chile · 4219 days ago · 47 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 4.6118 km W of Copiapó, Chile · 4211 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.79 km SSW of Vallenar, Chile · 4200 days ago · 45 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tnn6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:13 AM UTC.