M3.8 earthquake 88 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 88 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Mon, Sep 4, 2017, 7:10 AM GMT-3 (10:10 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 61 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (mb), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-09-04 10:10:42 UTC
- Depth
- 48.2 km (30.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.171° S, 71.609° 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 6.5 km horizontally, 19.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.29
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.261 km WNW of Vallenar, Chile · 3285 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.250 km N of La Serena, Chile · 3284 days ago · 39 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 4.435 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3282 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.98 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3275 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.46 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3271 days ago · 51 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
- 4.364 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3267 days ago · 40 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.886 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 3267 days ago · 28 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000afin. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC.