M4.0 earthquake 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 7:34 PM GMT-3 (22:34 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 40 km WNW 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
- 4.0 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-02-24 22:34:12 UTC
- Depth
- 38.1 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.741° S, 71.706° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 49
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.392 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3127 days ago · 23 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 4.341 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3103 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.776 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3101 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 4.139 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3100 days ago · 32 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.183 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3097 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.840 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3086 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 3.430 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3086 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d7in. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.