M4.4 earthquake 62 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 62 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, May 24, 2017, 1:54 AM GMT-4 (05:54 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 17 km WSW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-24 05:54:48 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.286° S, 71.860° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 39
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.424 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3410 days ago · 43 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 4.15 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3407 days ago · 58 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.340 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3407 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.049 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3403 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.175 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3402 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.117 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3380 days ago · 53 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 15
- 4.074 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3375 days ago · 30 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008usc. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.