M4.1 earthquake 44 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 44 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 3:36 PM GMT-4 (19:36 UTC), 46 km (29 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-07-27 19:36:47 UTC
- Depth
- 46.1 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.419° S, 71.565° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 10.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 43
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.991 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2979 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.349 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2962 days ago · 53 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2960 days ago · 76 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2958 days ago · 42 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2953 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.421 km E of Salamanca, Chile · 2949 days ago · 104 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2943 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2936 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.936 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2930 days ago · 47 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2994 days ago · 44 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 48 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3006 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3009 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.315 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 3011 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.457 km NNW of Illapel, Chile · 3012 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gfgm. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC.