M4.6 earthquake 67 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 67 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 3:43 PM GMT-3 (18:43 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 29 km SW 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-23 18:43:50 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.451° S, 71.844° 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 4.4 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 62
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2533 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.530 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2525 days ago · 46 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2523 days ago · 35 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2521 days ago · 53 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
- 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2521 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2514 days ago · 57 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.735 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2501 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 19
- 4.094 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2495 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.228 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2485 days ago · 50 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.449 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2474 days ago · 28 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600061xj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:16 AM UTC.