M4.1 earthquake 78 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 78 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 8:00 PM GMT-4 (00:00 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, 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
- 2019-04-20 00:00:05 UTC
- Depth
- 35.1 km (21.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.976° S, 71.896° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 13.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- Stations used
- 48
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2710 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
- 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2709 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2674 days ago · 55 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 139
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2673 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 4.336 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2668 days ago · 50 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5138 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2662 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 4.611 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 37 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2731 days ago · 67 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 4.171 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2740 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700039fc. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:05 PM UTC.