M4.1 earthquake 44 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 44 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Nov 20, 2017, 2:05 PM GMT-3 (17:05 UTC), 36 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 70 km W 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-20 17:05:28 UTC
- Depth
- 36.2 km (22.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.282° S, 71.608° 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 5.2 km horizontally, 15.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 131°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.368 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3212 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.470 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3212 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3204 days ago · 36 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.923 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3241 days ago · 45 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 27
- 4.552 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3243 days ago · 37 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
- 4.467 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3244 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.763 km NW of Illapel, Chile · 3245 days ago · 35 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.257 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 3248 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.236 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3249 days ago · 43 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.356 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3252 days ago · 57 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 4.271 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3254 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.093 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3256 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.3101 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000brvl. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.