M4.7 earthquake 35 km WSW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 35 km WSW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Nov 24, 2019, 6:18 PM GMT-3 (21:18 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-24 21:18:25 UTC
- Depth
- 35.0 km (21.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.799° S, 71.486° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 19
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
19 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.094 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2495 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.228 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2485 days ago · 50 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.371 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2457 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2514 days ago · 57 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2521 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2521 days ago · 53 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2523 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.530 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2525 days ago · 46 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 9
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006cix. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.