M4.3 earthquake 62 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 62 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Apr 12, 2017, 5:09 PM GMT-3 (20:09 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 62 km SW of Coquimbo, 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 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-04-12 20:09:49 UTC
- Depth
- 28.1 km (17.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.102° S, 71.964° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 174°, dip 84°, rake 93°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 328°, dip 7°, rake 64°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.053 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3419 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 4.462 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3419 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3415 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3413 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3412 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.049 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3408 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.175 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3407 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008h1w. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC.