M4.4 earthquake 67 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 67 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Nov 6, 2017, 7:38 AM GMT-3 (10:38 UTC), 13 km (8 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 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-06 10:38:51 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.125° S, 72.015° 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.
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 13°, dip 32°, rake 110°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 169°, dip 60°, rake 78°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.5 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 64
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.552 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3245 days ago · 37 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 14
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3244 days ago · 45 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 27
- 4.2103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3235 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.144 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3232 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.368 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3215 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.470 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3214 days ago · 27 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3206 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3193 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
Before
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 43 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.2138 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3254 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3256 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3259 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 4.411 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3265 days ago · 50 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3274 days ago · 51 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bj5r. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC.