M4.9 earthquake 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 91 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 2:19 AM GMT-4 (06:19 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-08-01 06:19:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.372° S, 72.081° 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 4.9 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.248 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2960 days ago · 76 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2958 days ago · 42 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.2108 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2953 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.6102 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2943 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.080 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2937 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.936 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2930 days ago · 47 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 4.144 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2984 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.148 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2995 days ago · 44 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.140 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2996 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3006 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3008 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gis1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC.