M4.0 earthquake 94 km WNW of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 94 km WNW of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 11:46 AM GMT-3 (14:46 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 49 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-30 14:46:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.463° S, 72.149° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.228 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2486 days ago · 50 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.449 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2474 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.371 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2458 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.432 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2455 days ago · 40 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 4.333 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2438 days ago · 45 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 4.735 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2502 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 19
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2515 days ago · 57 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 53 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2524 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2524 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006esl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC.