M4.3 earthquake 21 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 8:02 AM GMT-3 (11:02 UTC), 47 km (29 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-29 11:02:56 UTC
- Depth
- 46.8 km (29.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.715° S, 71.373° 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 3.6 km horizontally, 9.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 52
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2794 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.534 km N of Illapel, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.142 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.363 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.378 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2820 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ja0y. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.