M4.1 earthquake 110 km ESE of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 110 km ESE of Copiapó, Chile on Tue, Nov 7, 2017, 7:04 PM GMT-3 (22:04 UTC), 110 km (68 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 94 km E 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-07 22:04:36 UTC
- Depth
- 109.8 km (68.2 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 27.865° S, 69.361° 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 7.4 km horizontally, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 41
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
- 4.394 km E of Vallenar, Chile · 3205 days ago · 139 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.276 km ESE of Copiapó, Chile · 3191 days ago · 111 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bq90. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 1:52 PM UTC.