M4.8 earthquake 40 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

4.8 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Jan 22, 2019, 10:44 AM GMT-3

UTC

2019-01-22 13:44:47 UTC

Depth

43.8 km (27.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.222° S, 71.630° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 7.8 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.39

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

147°

Stations used

38

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast41 kmSW
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast371 kmNNW

After

1. 4.830 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 22, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 2808 days ago · 47 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
2. 5.118 km S of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Jan 24, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 19
3. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 25, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 2805 days ago · 64 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
4. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 26, 4:48 AM GMT-3 · 2804 days ago · 58 km deep · 21 km away
5. 4.427 km NNW of La Serena, ChileMon, Jan 28, 12:33 AM GMT-3 · 2802 days ago · 37 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
6. 4.411 km SSE of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 29, 5:25 PM GMT-3 · 2801 days ago · 74 km deep · 69 km away
7. 4.125 km N of La Serena, ChileTue, Feb 12, 11:13 AM GMT-3 · 2787 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
8. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Feb 15, 4:00 AM GMT-3 · 2784 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
9. 4.56 km S of Monte Patria, ChileFri, Feb 22, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 2777 days ago · 88 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
10. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 25, 12:28 PM GMT-3 · 2774 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7
11. 4.527 km NNW of La Serena, ChileMon, Feb 25, 7:54 PM GMT-3 · 2774 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
12. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 26, 5:47 AM GMT-3 · 2773 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 14
13. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 1, 7:43 PM GMT-3 · 2770 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
14. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 5, 1:31 PM GMT-3 · 2766 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
15. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Mar 7, 3:34 AM GMT-3 · 2764 days ago · 67 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
16. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Mar 8, 11:16 PM GMT-3 · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
17. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 9, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 2762 days ago · 48 km deep · 53 km away
18. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 9, 2:06 PM GMT-3 · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
19. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Mar 10, 12:09 AM GMT-3 · 2761 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
20. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 8:53 AM GMT-3 · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
21. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 53 km away
22. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 16, 3:06 PM GMT-3 · 2755 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 12
23. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Mar 17, 11:18 AM GMT-3 · 2754 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
24. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Mar 18, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 2753 days ago · 69 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.620 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jan 21, 9:41 PM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
2. 4.563 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
3. 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 4:39 AM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 63 km deep · 28 km away
4. 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 1:59 AM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 61 km deep · 29 km away
5. 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 11:36 PM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 59 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
6. 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 63 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
7. 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 18, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 2812 days ago · 62 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.785 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 6, 3:44 PM GMT-3 · 2824 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
9. 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Dec 29, 10:57 AM GMT-3 · 2832 days ago · 41 km deep · 60 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j78i. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC.