M4.3 earthquake 99 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 99 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Mon, Mar 9, 2020, 12:29 PM GMT-3 (15:29 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 65 km W of Ovalle, 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
- 2020-03-09 15:29:15 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.421° S, 72.216° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.349 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2396 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.695 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2395 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.765 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2383 days ago · 24 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 4.061 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2372 days ago · 25 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 4.248 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2369 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.648 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2360 days ago · 35 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 4.241 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2353 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.860 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2352 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 4.220 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2344 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.644 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2340 days ago · 36 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 4.493 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2400 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.850 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2409 days ago · 48 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 4.358 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2413 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
- 4.136 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2425 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60008cgj. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:15 PM UTC.