M4.3 earthquake 132 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 132 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Nov 6, 2018, 3:07 PM GMT-3 (18:07 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 37 km W 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
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-11-06 18:07:35 UTC
- Depth
- 14.6 km (9.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.295° S, 72.503° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 32°, dip 47°, rake 124°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 168°, dip 53°, rake 59°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.7 km horizontally, 4.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.737 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2868 days ago · 49 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 4.354 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2867 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.565 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2857 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.249 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2851 days ago · 39 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 4.456 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2843 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i7lt. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.