M4.5 earthquake 79 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 79 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 9:38 PM GMT-4 (01:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-14 01:38:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.130° S, 72.134° 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 II, weak shaking.
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
- 4.5 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 183°, dip 66°, rake 86°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 12°, dip 24°, rake 99°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.471 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2657 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2652 days ago · 58 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2649 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2639 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2638 days ago · 47 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2634 days ago · 36 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2624 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 4.896 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 34
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2667 days ago · 48 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2677 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2680 days ago · 46 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2684 days ago · 27 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2691 days ago · 56 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600040jr. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC.