M3.9 earthquake 8 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Oct 5, 2017, 9:15 PM GMT-3 (00:15 UTC), 51 km (32 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 6 km SSW 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
- 3.9 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-10-06 00:15:13 UTC
- Depth
- 51.0 km (31.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.883° S, 71.361° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3271 days ago · 51 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 8
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3262 days ago · 50 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3254 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3244 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.552 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3243 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 14
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3241 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 27
- 4.2103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3232 days ago · 25 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3230 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 4.221 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3277 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3282 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.250 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 8
- 4.427 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3286 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 4.486 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3293 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.237 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3305 days ago · 49 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000b1s9. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.