M4.2 earthquake 98 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 98 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 7:46 AM GMT-3 (10:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 42 km W 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
- 4.2 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-05 10:46:18 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.415° S, 72.213° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- Stations used
- 37
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.142 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1680 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 1660 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
- 4.234 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 1652 days ago · 36 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 4.459 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1646 days ago · 23 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.525 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 1644 days ago · 60 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.133 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1705 days ago · 61 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.562 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.1100 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 1719 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.673 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1722 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.669 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1723 days ago · 70 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.831 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 1729 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 26
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gi8a. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.