M4.4 earthquake 76 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 76 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 9:40 AM GMT-4 (13:40 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 26 km NNW of La Serena, 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
- 2018-07-06 13:40:05 UTC
- Depth
- 15.2 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.278° S, 72.035° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 195°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2997 days ago · 48 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 44 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.638 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2991 days ago · 20 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.125 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.427 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2964 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2961 days ago · 76 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2959 days ago · 42 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2954 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.032 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2954 days ago · 55 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 14
- 5.226 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2953 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 18
- 4.029 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2953 days ago · 34 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.060 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2949 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
Before
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3007 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.750 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3016 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.345 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3021 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.222 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3022 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.340 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 3027 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g2zu. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.