M5.1 earthquake 18 km S of Coquimbo, Chile

Magnitude

5.1 (mb), moderate

Local time

Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 7:28 AM GMT-3

UTC

2019-01-24 10:28:28 UTC

Depth

58.3 km (36.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.119° S, 71.375° W

Region

Chile

Felt reports

19

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 6.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

61°

Stations used

86

• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast19 kmS
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast377 kmN

After

1. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 25, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 2804 days ago · 64 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 26, 4:48 AM GMT-3 · 2803 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
3. 4.427 km NNW of La Serena, ChileMon, Jan 28, 12:33 AM GMT-3 · 2801 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
4. 4.411 km SSE of Ovalle, ChileTue, Jan 29, 5:25 PM GMT-3 · 2800 days ago · 74 km deep · 68 km away
5. 4.125 km N of La Serena, ChileTue, Feb 12, 11:13 AM GMT-3 · 2786 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
6. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Feb 15, 4:00 AM GMT-3 · 2783 days ago · 37 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
7. 4.56 km S of Monte Patria, ChileFri, Feb 22, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 2776 days ago · 88 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
8. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Feb 25, 12:28 PM GMT-3 · 2773 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
9. 4.527 km NNW of La Serena, ChileMon, Feb 25, 7:54 PM GMT-3 · 2772 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
10. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 26, 5:47 AM GMT-3 · 2772 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 14
11. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 1, 7:43 PM GMT-3 · 2768 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
12. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Mar 5, 1:31 PM GMT-3 · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
13. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Mar 7, 3:34 AM GMT-3 · 2763 days ago · 67 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
14. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Mar 8, 11:16 PM GMT-3 · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
15. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 9, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 2761 days ago · 48 km deep · 61 km away
16. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 9, 2:06 PM GMT-3 · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
17. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Mar 10, 12:09 AM GMT-3 · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
18. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 8:53 AM GMT-3 · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
19. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 2756 days ago · 41 km deep · 65 km away
20. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 16, 3:06 PM GMT-3 · 2754 days ago · 41 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
21. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Mar 17, 11:18 AM GMT-3 · 2753 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
22. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Mar 18, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 2751 days ago · 69 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.830 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 22, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 2807 days ago · 47 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.840 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 22, 10:44 AM GMT-3 · 2807 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
3. 4.620 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jan 21, 9:41 PM GMT-3 · 2807 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
4. 4.563 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 6:23 AM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
5. 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 4:39 AM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 3 km away
6. 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 1:59 AM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 61 km deep · 3 km away
7. 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 11:36 PM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 59 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
8. 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 63 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
9. 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 18, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 2811 days ago · 62 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
10. 4.785 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 6, 3:44 PM GMT-3 · 2823 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
11. 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Dec 29, 10:57 AM GMT-3 · 2831 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j86l. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.