M4.3 earthquake 21 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Thu, Dec 5, 2019, 5:01 AM GMT-3 (08:01 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 42 km SSW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-05 08:01:55 UTC
- Depth
- 46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.728° S, 71.332° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 51
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2479 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 4.342 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2467 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 5.042 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2465 days ago · 41 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 10
- 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2458 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.974 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2450 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.875 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2437 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006mb8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.