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M4.7 earthquake 38 km NW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 38 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Sat, May 19, 2018, 2:43 AM GMT-4 (06:43 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.7 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2018-05-19 06:43:40 UTC
Depth
31.6 km (19.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.183° S, 71.486° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
110
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

110 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.7 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 244°, dip 35°, rake 119°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 29°, dip 60°, rake 71°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.0 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
118

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.641 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3045 days ago · 41 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.363 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3031 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 4.366 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 3018 days ago · 67 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.670 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 3016 days ago · 24 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  5. 4.560 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 3010 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.282 km W of Illapel, Chile · 3009 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 4.352 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2996 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4

Before

  1. 3.740 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3061 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 4.543 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 3061 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 77
  3. 4.210 km ENE of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 3083 days ago · 56 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000e8gl. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC.