M4.4 earthquake 38 km S of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 38 km S of Copiapó, Chile on Mon, Oct 9, 2017, 10:56 PM GMT-3 (01:56 UTC), 77 km (48 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2017-10-10 01:56:24 UTC
- Depth
- 76.9 km (47.8 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 27.715° S, 70.288° 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 6.4 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1110 km ESE of Copiapó, Chile · 3245 days ago · 110 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.251 km ENE of Vallenar, Chile · 3220 days ago · 122 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b3bt. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:28 AM UTC.