M4.3 earthquake 8 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Nov 20, 2019, 10:36 PM GMT-3 (01:36 UTC), 56 km (35 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
- 2019-11-21 01:36:27 UTC
- Depth
- 55.9 km (34.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.834° S, 71.293° 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 II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 46
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2493 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2479 days ago · 45 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.342 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2468 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.042 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2465 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
- 4.185 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2464 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2458 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.974 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2451 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006as5. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC.