M4.8 earthquake 67 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 67 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Feb 2, 2019, 11:56 PM GMT-3 (02:56 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 41 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
- 4.8 (mww), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-03 02:56:43 UTC
- Depth
- 27.3 km (17.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.366° S, 71.813° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
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
- 4.8 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 145°, dip 44°, rake 62°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 2°, dip 52°, rake 115°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.534 km N of Illapel, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2767 days ago · 24 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2760 days ago · 48 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2755 days ago · 41 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 4.411 km SSE of Ovalle, Chile · 2799 days ago · 74 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2799 days ago · 47 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2800 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.142 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2801 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2806 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2810 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.363 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2811 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.378 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2820 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jcll. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:46 AM UTC.