Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 80 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 80 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 12:17 AM GMT-3 (03:17 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 77 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-02-07 03:17:27 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (7.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.642° S, 72.092° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 7°, dip 42°, rake 96°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 179°, dip 49°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.1 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.29 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3507 days ago · 50 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 9
  2. 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3507 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3503 days ago · 52 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 5.091 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3497 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  5. 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3490 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.382 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3484 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 4.178 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3483 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.2160 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 4.018 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3522 days ago · 84 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 4.443 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3541 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.332 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3545 days ago · 44 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008i2r. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:11 AM UTC.