Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 27 km NNW of La Serena, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 12:33 AM GMT-3 (03:33 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.3 49 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-01-28 03:33:36 UTC
Depth
37.1 km (23.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.680° S, 71.376° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 4.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
136°
Stations used
68

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.125 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2785 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2782 days ago · 37 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  3. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
  4. 4.527 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2771 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2771 days ago · 47 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 14
  6. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  7. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2762 days ago · 67 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  8. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  9. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2759 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  10. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2752 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 12
  11. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2752 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2802 days ago · 58 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  3. 5.118 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2804 days ago · 58 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 19
  4. 4.830 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2806 days ago · 47 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.840 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2806 days ago · 44 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 4.620 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2806 days ago · 50 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.563 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2808 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 7
  8. 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2808 days ago · 63 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2808 days ago · 61 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2808 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  11. 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2808 days ago · 63 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
  12. 4.785 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2821 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 4.671 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2830 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j9kh. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC.