M4.1 earthquake 42 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 42 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 6:36 PM GMT-3 (21:36 UTC), 42 km (26 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 67 km WNW of Illapel, 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 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-26 21:36:45 UTC
- Depth
- 42.0 km (26.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.575° S, 71.616° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 14.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 186°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 43
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2794 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 4.534 km N of Illapel, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2756 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2810 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 4.363 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.378 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2820 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j9ag. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.