M4.3 earthquake 78 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 78 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Jan 8, 2019, 2:59 PM GMT-3 (17:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 67 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-08 17:59:04 UTC
- Depth
- 14.8 km (9.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.129° S, 71.971° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 58
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.363 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2812 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.5Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2807 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2807 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.142 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2802 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.2109 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2801 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.455 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2801 days ago · 35 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.321 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2800 days ago · 47 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2795 days ago · 27 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j1g3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:36 AM UTC.