Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 27 km NNW of La Serena, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 7:54 PM GMT-3 (22:54 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 68 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-25 22:54:32 UTC
Depth
35.8 km (22.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.672° S, 71.334° 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 IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 200°, dip 58°, rake 93°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 15°, dip 32°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
117°
Stations used
108

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2771 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 14
  2. 4.449 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2764 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  3. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2762 days ago · 67 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  5. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  6. 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2753 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 12
  7. 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2752 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2737 days ago · 35 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2734 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2731 days ago · 62 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
  12. 4.051 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2727 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 5.668 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2720 days ago · 54 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 30
  14. 4.635 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2713 days ago · 41 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 5.349 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2772 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
  2. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2782 days ago · 37 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.125 km N of La Serena, Chile · 2785 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.427 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2800 days ago · 37 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jn53. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.