M4.3 earthquake 82 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 82 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Mar 11, 2017, 12:15 PM GMT-3 (15:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 26 km NW of Ovalle, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-03-11 15:15:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.918° S, 72.197° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.178 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3493 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3491 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 24
- 4.362 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3461 days ago · 28 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3495 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3500 days ago · 28 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3513 days ago · 52 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3517 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3517 days ago · 50 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 9
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100088ex. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:22 AM UTC.