Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 6:33 AM GMT-4 (10:33 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 33 km WNW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-06-04 10:33:39 UTC
Depth
29.9 km (18.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.147° S, 71.837° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 192°, dip 62°, rake 86°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 21°, dip 28°, rake 98°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
149°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.336 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2671 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  2. 4.533 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2651 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.148 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2642 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  4. 4.475 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2620 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2678 days ago · 55 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 139
  2. 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2678 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  3. 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2684 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003v83. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.