Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 63 km W of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 63 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Jan 20, 2019, 6:23 AM GMT-3 (09:23 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 141 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2019-01-20 09:23:32 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.882° S, 71.988° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 161°, dip 63°, rake 72°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 17°, dip 32°, rake 122°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.6 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.620 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.840 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 4.830 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 47 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  4. 5.118 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2805 days ago · 58 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 19
  5. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2804 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  6. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2803 days ago · 58 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 4.427 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2801 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.125 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  9. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2783 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  10. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 7
  11. 4.527 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2772 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  12. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2772 days ago · 47 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 14
  13. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2768 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  14. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  15. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2763 days ago · 67 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  16. 5.7141 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2763 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 13
  17. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2756 days ago · 41 km deep · 100 km away
  22. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2754 days ago · 41 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
  23. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2753 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2751 days ago · 69 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 59 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  4. 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
  5. 4.785 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2823 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2831 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j6l3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.