M4.4 earthquake 52 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 52 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile on Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 8:29 AM GMT-4 (12:29 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-09 12:29:48 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.408° S, 72.150° 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 IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.54
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2712 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2684 days ago · 20 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
Before
- 3.848 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2732 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.393 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 5.686 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
- 4.337 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2749 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000kcvl. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:24 PM UTC.