M4.3 earthquake 42 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

4.3 (mb), light

Local time

Sun, Jan 1, 2017, 4:50 AM GMT-3

UTC

2017-01-01 07:50:21 UTC

Depth

40.4 km (25.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

29.995° S, 71.781° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.0 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.19

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

121°

Stations used

49

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast43 kmW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast400 kmNNW

After

1. 3.949 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 1, 7:20 AM GMT-3 · 3556 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
2. 4.391 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 3, 5:16 PM GMT-3 · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
3. 4.941 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Jan 4, 10:24 AM GMT-3 · 3553 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
4. 4.884 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 7, 9:33 PM GMT-3 · 3549 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
5. 4.332 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSun, Jan 8, 9:40 PM GMT-3 · 3548 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
6. 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 12, 4:23 PM GMT-3 · 3544 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
7. 4.016 km SSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 13, 10:43 AM GMT-3 · 3544 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
8. 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 19, 9:01 AM GMT-3 · 3538 days ago · 44 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
9. 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Jan 21, 2:03 PM GMT-3 · 3535 days ago · 49 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.29 km S of Ovalle, ChileMon, Jan 23, 8:21 AM GMT-3 · 3534 days ago · 54 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
11. 4.280 km W of Ovalle, ChileThu, Jan 26, 9:37 AM GMT-3 · 3531 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
12. 4.221 km NW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 31, 2:50 AM GMT-3 · 3526 days ago · 73 km deep · 66 km away
13. 4.018 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 1, 12:07 AM GMT-3 · 3525 days ago · 84 km deep · 48 km away
14. 4.480 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 7, 12:17 AM GMT-3 · 3519 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
15. 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, ChileWed, Feb 15, 9:19 PM GMT-3 · 3510 days ago · 50 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
16. 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Feb 16, 4:02 AM GMT-3 · 3510 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
17. 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 20, 7:18 AM GMT-3 · 3506 days ago · 52 km deep · 47 km away
18. 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Feb 21, 10:01 AM GMT-3 · 3505 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away

Before

1. 4.130 km NNW of La Serena, ChileSun, Jan 1, 12:25 AM GMT-3 · 3556 days ago · 42 km deep · 59 km away
2. 4.150 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Dec 23, 9:50 PM GMT-3 · 3564 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
3. 4.932 km SW of Ovalle, ChileMon, Dec 19, 12:36 PM GMT-3 · 3568 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
4. 3.845 km W of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Dec 19, 2:19 AM GMT-3 · 3569 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
5. 4.140 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Dec 17, 5:06 AM GMT-3 · 3571 days ago · 34 km deep · 36 km away
6. 4.053 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 16, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 3571 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
7. 5.244 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Dec 16, 8:11 PM GMT-3 · 3571 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
8. 4.144 km WNW of Ovalle, ChileTue, Dec 13, 6:06 PM GMT-3 · 3574 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
9. 3.930 km NW of La Serena, ChileMon, Dec 12, 3:58 AM GMT-3 · 3576 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p2d. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:31 AM UTC.