Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 9 km S of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 9 km S of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 9:19 PM GMT-3 (00:19 UTC), 50 km (31 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-02-16 00:19:20 UTC
Depth
49.6 km (30.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.041° S, 71.355° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

9 people 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
4.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 346°, dip 30°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 60°, rake 88°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.477 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3507 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.090 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3503 days ago · 52 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 4.055 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3501 days ago · 35 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.754 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3490 days ago · 28 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 5.284 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3485 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.382 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3483 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 4.178 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3483 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  8. 5.126 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3481 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 24
  9. 5.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3463 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 27
  10. 4.233 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3463 days ago · 42 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 4.227 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3462 days ago · 49 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 4.76 km NNW of Monte Patria, Chile · 3461 days ago · 82 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 4.362 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3451 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2

Before

  1. 4.480 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3516 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.018 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3522 days ago · 84 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.221 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3523 days ago · 73 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 4.280 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3527 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 4.29 km S of Ovalle, Chile · 3530 days ago · 54 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.124 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3532 days ago · 49 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.441 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3534 days ago · 44 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k40. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.