M4.4 earthquake 31 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 31 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 8:57 AM GMT-3 (11:57 UTC), 35 km (22 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-09 11:57:17 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.184° S, 71.534° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 29
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.032 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2576 days ago · 43 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 4.491 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2570 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.346 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2567 days ago · 32 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.410 km N of Coquimbo, Chile · 2560 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 53
- 4.398 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2545 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.517 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2535 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2522 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005dms. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:06 PM UTC.