M4.2 earthquake 82 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 82 km W of Illapel, Chile on Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 7:14 PM GMT-4 (23:14 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-02 23:14:59 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.655° S, 72.040° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2994 days ago · 44 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.144 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2983 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.366 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2981 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 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 · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2960 days ago · 76 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2953 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3009 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3015 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 4.366 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3017 days ago · 67 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 4.363 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3030 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000fv7v. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC.