Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 27 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Sep 25, 2017, 4:27 AM GMT-3 (07:27 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2017-09-25 07:27:12 UTC
Depth
37.5 km (23.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.100° S, 71.563° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 10°, dip 39°, rake 111°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 164°, dip 54°, rake 74°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
75

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.250 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3286 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3284 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3280 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3278 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3274 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 8
  6. 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3264 days ago · 50 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3258 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3256 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 43 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3246 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 4.552 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3245 days ago · 37 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 14
  13. 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3244 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 27
  14. 4.2103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3235 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3232 days ago · 36 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3295 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3308 days ago · 49 km deep · 73 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000au5p. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.