M4.6 earthquake 84 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Apr 28, 2019, 8:03 AM GMT-4 (12:03 UTC), 22 km (14 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 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-28 12:03:00 UTC
- Depth
- 22.3 km (13.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.196° S, 72.077° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
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
- 4.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 214°, dip 66°, rake 119°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 340°, dip 37°, rake 42°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.4 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 67
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2710 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2683 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2676 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2676 days ago · 55 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 139
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 4.336 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2669 days ago · 50 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 4.5138 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2663 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2720 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.848 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2731 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.611 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2731 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2732 days ago · 31 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2733 days ago · 67 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003ddw. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.