M4.5 earthquake 34 km N of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 34 km N of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 2:12 AM GMT-3 (05:12 UTC), 91 km (57 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-22 05:12:01 UTC
- Depth
- 91.0 km (56.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 31.323° S, 71.183° 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, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.56 km S of Monte Patria, Chile · 2775 days ago · 88 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2767 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2760 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2756 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2731 days ago · 67 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 31 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2718 days ago · 35 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2717 days ago · 50 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jld8. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:10 AM UTC.