M4.3 earthquake 46 km SSW of Arica, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km SSW of Arica, Chile on Tue, Jun 11, 2019, 1:00 AM GMT-4 (05:00 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-11 05:00:53 UTC
- Depth
- 58.4 km (36.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 18.887° S, 70.398° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 91°, dip 23°, rake 29°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 335°, dip 79°, rake 111°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.0 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.128 km E of Arica, Chile · 2654 days ago · 73 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.133 km ESE of Arica, Chile · 2643 days ago · 85 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.017 km SSE of Tacna, Peru · 2643 days ago · 103 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.385 km W of Arica, Chile · 2626 days ago · 38 km deep · 80 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003xys. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.