M4.2 earthquake 70 km NW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 70 km NW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 2:39 AM GMT-4 (06:39 UTC), 31 km (19 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
- 4.2 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-08 06:39:41 UTC
- Depth
- 31.3 km (19.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.011° S, 71.772° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 2°, dip 16°, rake 97°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 175°, dip 74°, rake 88°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 62
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.611 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 37 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2719 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2710 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
- 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2709 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2675 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 139
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2673 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000kc5a. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:28 PM UTC.