M4.3 earthquake 124 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 124 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile on Sun, Sep 1, 2019, 1:00 AM GMT-4 (05:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 91 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-01 05:00:08 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.218° S, 72.589° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 50
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
- 4.491 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2573 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.2150 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2557 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.1148 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2555 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.398 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005ase. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.