M4.4 earthquake 35 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 35 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Sep 29, 2017, 3:08 PM GMT-3 (18:08 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 23 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
- 2017-09-29 18:08:55 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.942° S, 71.705° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 179°
- Stations used
- 61
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3276 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3272 days ago · 51 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 8
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3262 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3254 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3244 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.552 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3243 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 14
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3241 days ago · 45 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 27
- 4.2103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3233 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3230 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
Before
- 4.250 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.888 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3307 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000awu0. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:26 PM UTC.