M4.5 earthquake 72 km W of Copiapó, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 72 km W of Copiapó, Chile on Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 3:36 AM GMT-3 (06:36 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-28 06:36:14 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.297° S, 71.055° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 59
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.397 km NW of Vallenar, Chile · 2475 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.4100 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 2460 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006e2s. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.