Chile earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 35 km S of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 35 km S of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 9:00 AM GMT-3 (12:00 UTC), 63 km (39 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-04-04 12:00:08 UTC
Depth
62.5 km (38.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.272° S, 71.386° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.9 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
105°
Stations used
48

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2733 days ago · 62 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
  2. 4.051 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2729 days ago · 47 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2719 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.635 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2714 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 4.037 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2712 days ago · 60 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.033 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2711 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 4.741 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2710 days ago · 36 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  8. 4.131 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2705 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2688 days ago · 56 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2682 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2677 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2738 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2752 days ago · 69 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2753 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2754 days ago · 41 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 12
  5. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2757 days ago · 41 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2757 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 4.595 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2761 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2761 days ago · 46 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
  11. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2763 days ago · 67 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2765 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ka6l. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC.