M4.1 earthquake 32 km WNW of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 32 km WNW of Arica, Chile on Mon, May 13, 2019, 9:39 PM GMT-4 (01:39 UTC), 70 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 14 km N of Calana, Peru. 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-14 01:39:28 UTC
- Depth
- 69.7 km (43.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.352° S, 70.576° 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 7.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- Stations used
- 29
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.114 km N of Calana, Peru · 2696 days ago · 114 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 5.112 km W of Palca, Peru · 2696 days ago · 107 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.112 km NE of Locumba, Peru · 2679 days ago · 121 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.346 km SSW of Arica, Chile · 2670 days ago · 58 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.128 km E of Arica, Chile · 2654 days ago · 73 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.133 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2643 days ago · 85 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.017 km SSE of Tacna, Peru · 2643 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003ks0. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:53 PM UTC.