M6.4 earthquake 72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 8:19 PM GMT-4 (00:19 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (mww), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-14 00:19:12 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.056° S, 72.082° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 34
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10414), matched to this event by time and place.
NOAA’s record of this earthquake gives no deaths, injuries or damage.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 8.3% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
34 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
| Range | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
| Range, million USD | Chance |
|---|---|
| Under 1 | 65% |
| 1 to 10 | 30% |
| 10 to 100 | 4% |
| 100 to 1,000 | Under 1% |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | Under 1% |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | Under 1% |
| 100,000 to 10,000,000 | Under 1% |
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
- 6.4 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 2°, dip 16°, rake 90°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 182°, dip 74°, rake 90°
- Landslide alert
- Green
- Liquefaction alert
- Green
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From modeling of broad-band P waveforms
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 744
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.4 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2663 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2654 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2652 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2649 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2645 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2636 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2621 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2664 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2673 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2677 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2681 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2687 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600040ja (also filed as iscgem615952702). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC.