M4.5 earthquake 60 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 60 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Jul 1, 2018, 11:28 AM GMT-4 (15:28 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-01 15:28:41 UTC
- Depth
- 29.2 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.422° S, 71.753° 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 6.1 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 160°
- Stations used
- 41
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3006 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 48 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2994 days ago · 44 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.144 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2983 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.991 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2979 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.349 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2962 days ago · 53 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2960 days ago · 76 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2958 days ago · 42 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2952 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
Before
- 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3011 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3015 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 4.366 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3017 days ago · 67 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 4.222 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3020 days ago · 43 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ft1n. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC.