M4.2 earthquake 28 km SW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 28 km SW of Illapel, Chile on Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 7:05 PM GMT-3 (22:05 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 33 km WSW 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-10 22:05:01 UTC
- Depth
- 50.5 km (31.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.834° S, 71.352° 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, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 133°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
Before
- 4.864 km ESE of Salamanca, Chile · 2487 days ago · 111 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 19
- 4.094 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2495 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.735 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2501 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 19
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2514 days ago · 57 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60006py1. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC.