M4.5 earthquake 26 km S of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 26 km S of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Jun 29, 2019, 12:57 AM GMT-4 (04:57 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 75 km W 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-29 04:57:03 UTC
- Depth
- 58.1 km (36.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.196° S, 71.348° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.8 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 132°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2645 days ago · 35 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2636 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2635 days ago · 47 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2630 days ago · 36 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.975 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2601 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2600 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 5.064 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 2650 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 17
- 4.253 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2652 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2654 days ago · 35 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.471 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2663 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2664 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 34
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2664 days ago · 48 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2674 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2677 days ago · 46 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000476a. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.