M4.0 earthquake 17 km NE of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 17 km NE of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 8:59 PM GMT-3 (23:59 UTC), 83 km (52 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
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-16 23:59:26 UTC
- Depth
- 83.1 km (51.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.809° S, 71.110° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.2 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 39
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.142 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 1680 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.352 km NW of La Serena, Chile · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.745 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 1676 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.234 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 1652 days ago · 36 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 4.525 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 1644 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.243 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 1633 days ago · 54 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000glhm. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC.