M4.7 earthquake 46 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 46 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Feb 2, 2018, 1:51 PM GMT-3 (16:51 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-02 16:51:20 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.962° S, 71.822° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.189 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3154 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.042 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3135 days ago · 38 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.426 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3124 days ago · 47 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3102 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 4.776 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3100 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.139 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3099 days ago · 32 km deep · 54 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayChile earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000cede. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.