M4.4 earthquake 45 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 45 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile on Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 4:08 PM GMT-3 (19:08 UTC), 28 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km W 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-06 19:08:28 UTC
- Depth
- 28.3 km (17.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.791° S, 71.772° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 75°
- Stations used
- 68
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.249 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2879 days ago · 26 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 4.211 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2869 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 4.244 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2858 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.565 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2857 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.317 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2847 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2843 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2830 days ago · 41 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7n6. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.