M4.0 earthquake 85 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 85 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Aug 16, 2017, 5:19 PM GMT-3 (20:19 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 86 km WSW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-08-16 20:19:50 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.888° S, 72.221° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 49
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.888 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3307 days ago · 48 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3292 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 4.250 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
- 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3282 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3275 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3271 days ago · 51 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
Before
- 5.179 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3326 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 9
- 4.393 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3329 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.885 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3330 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 4.346 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3330 days ago · 32 km deep · 82 km away
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a8w4. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.