M4.1 earthquake 91 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 91 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 7:22 PM GMT-4 (23:22 UTC), 10 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 75 km W 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
- 4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-26 23:22:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.377° S, 72.018° 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.
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
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 177°, dip 57°, rake 80°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 16°, dip 34°, rake 105°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.0 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 57
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.975 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2604 days ago · 30 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.590 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.142 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2584 days ago · 34 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004w8g. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.