M4.1 earthquake 73 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 73 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 5:33 PM GMT-3 (20:33 UTC), 22 km (13 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-23 20:33:29 UTC
- Depth
- 21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.434° S, 71.906° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2525 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2524 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
- 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2515 days ago · 57 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.735 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2502 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 19
- 4.094 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2497 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.228 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2486 days ago · 50 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.449 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2475 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600061zg. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:24 AM UTC.