M4.4 earthquake 73 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 73 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Jun 14, 2019, 12:21 AM GMT-4 (04:21 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Near the coast 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
- 4.4 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-14 04:21:23 UTC
- Depth
- 12.0 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.051° S, 72.091° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
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
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 11°, dip 26°, rake 111°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 66°, rake 80°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.0 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 60
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 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 · 64 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2653 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2650 days ago · 58 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2646 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2636 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2622 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 34
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2665 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2674 days ago · 21 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2677 days ago · 46 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2682 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2688 days ago · 56 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600040l3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.