Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 66 km WSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 66 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 2:42 AM GMT-4 (06:42 UTC), 67 km (42 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2018-06-24 06:42:36 UTC
Depth
67.0 km (41.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.894° S, 71.805° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 6.5 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3016 days ago · 24 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
  2. 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3013 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3010 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.352 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2995 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  6. 4.144 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2984 days ago · 46 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 4.366 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2982 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 4.991 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2980 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 4.349 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2963 days ago · 53 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 4.363 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3031 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 4.641 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3045 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000f03u. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.