M4.6 earthquake 11 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile on Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 10:21 PM GMT-4 (02:21 UTC), 37 km (23 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-09 02:21:07 UTC
- Depth
- 37.1 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.364° S, 71.296° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 14.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.32
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2719 days ago · 35 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.161 km NE of San Felipe, Chile · 2717 days ago · 120 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2710 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 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 · 55 km away · felt by 4
- 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2675 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 139
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2674 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2731 days ago · 31 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2731 days ago · 67 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 4.171 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2740 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.337 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2746 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000kcq2. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.