M4.2 earthquake 11 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Nov 19, 2018, 10:56 PM GMT-3 (01:56 UTC), 38 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 25 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-20 01:56:55 UTC
- Depth
- 37.7 km (23.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.860° S, 71.378° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 12.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 51
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.244 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2863 days ago · 49 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.565 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2862 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.825 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2859 days ago · 32 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 4.317 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2853 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2849 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2835 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.785 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2827 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
Before
- 5.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2885 days ago · 26 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
- 4.445 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2888 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.166 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2893 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.749 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2900 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 4.337 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2902 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000hu91. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:37 PM UTC.