M4.4 earthquake 75 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 75 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 12:38 PM GMT-4 (16:38 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km SSW 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
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-30 16:38:16 UTC
- Depth
- 29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.483° S, 71.946° 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 7.1 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.38
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.428 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2608 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.830 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2598 days ago · 71 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.857 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2594 days ago · 60 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
- 4.032 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2577 days ago · 43 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.054 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2572 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2572 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.346 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2568 days ago · 32 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60004xhe. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC.