M4.4 earthquake 70 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 70 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Dec 8, 2017, 10:50 AM GMT-3 (13:50 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 82 km WNW 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
- 2017-12-08 13:50:22 UTC
- Depth
- 27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.877° S, 72.067° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3204 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.198 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3191 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.882 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3159 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.746 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3156 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.189 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3152 days ago · 38 km deep · 58 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000c20x. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.