Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 37 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 37 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Apr 27, 2019, 6:50 PM GMT-4 (22:50 UTC), 60 km (38 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.4 72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-04-27 22:50:01 UTC
Depth
60.4 km (37.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.267° S, 71.472° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.2 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.033 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2712 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 4.741 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2711 days ago · 36 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.131 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2706 days ago · 34 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2689 days ago · 56 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2683 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2678 days ago · 46 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2675 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2666 days ago · 48 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  9. 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 34
  10. 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 4.471 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2655 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 4.253 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2653 days ago · 39 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 4.635 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2715 days ago · 41 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2720 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.051 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2729 days ago · 47 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2734 days ago · 62 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
  5. 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2736 days ago · 63 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  6. 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2739 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003d59. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:24 AM UTC.