Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 33 km WNW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 33 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Jun 30, 2019, 1:50 AM GMT-4 (05:50 UTC), 41 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-06-30 05:50:59 UTC
Depth
41.0 km (25.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.538° S, 71.504° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.9 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
146°
Stations used
44

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

  1. 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2637 days ago · 50 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.538 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2636 days ago · 47 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2632 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.350 km NNE of Salamanca, Chile · 2628 days ago · 105 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 4.475 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2619 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 4.736 km S of Salamanca, Chile · 2609 days ago · 83 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 63
  7. 4.428 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2608 days ago · 49 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.830 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2598 days ago · 71 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 4.857 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2594 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8

Before

  1. 4.336 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2669 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2677 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700047l0. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:33 AM UTC.