M4.2 earthquake 109 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 109 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Jan 27, 2019, 11:38 PM GMT-3 (02:38 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-28 02:38:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.709° S, 72.324° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.53
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 188°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 33
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2794 days ago · 27 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.142 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.363 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.378 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2820 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j9k3. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.