M4.2 earthquake 157 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 157 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 7:55 AM GMT-3 (10:55 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 95 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-24 10:55:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.511° S, 72.846° 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 6.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2753 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j86z. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.