M4.4 earthquake 71 km W of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 71 km W of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 6:37 AM GMT-4 (10:37 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 26 km S 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
- 2019-06-15 10:37:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.953° S, 72.079° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 118°, dip 82°, rake 46°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 19°, dip 44°, rake 168°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 149°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2654 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.253 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2652 days ago · 39 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2649 days ago · 58 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2645 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2621 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 34
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2664 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2673 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2677 days ago · 46 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2681 days ago · 27 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2687 days ago · 56 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000413v. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.