M4.3 earthquake 40 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 40 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 10:01 AM GMT-4 (14:01 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 50 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-06-15 14:01:47 UTC
- Depth
- 50.3 km (31.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.574° S, 71.419° 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 5.3 km horizontally, 9.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.345 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 3021 days ago · 29 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.750 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3016 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.658 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 3011 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.476 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3006 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.638 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2991 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.094 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2971 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.2102 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2970 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.125 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2969 days ago · 45 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000esd2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.