M4.1 earthquake 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 42 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 4:21 AM GMT-4 (08:21 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km N 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
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-06 08:21:58 UTC
- Depth
- 33.7 km (20.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.733° S, 71.705° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- 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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.431 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.491 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 5.410 km N of Coquimbo, Chile · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 53
- 4.785 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2548 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 4.692 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2531 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.1100 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2526 days ago · 37 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005cpc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.