Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 54 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 54 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Sep 15, 2019, 1:44 PM GMT-3 (16:44 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.1 29 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2019-09-15 16:44:00 UTC
Depth
22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.256° S, 71.762° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 11.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.52
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
189°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2572 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 4.446 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2552 days ago · 57 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.667 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2534 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2534 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.530 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2526 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 9
  6. 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2524 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 53 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
  8. 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  9. 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2515 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away

Before

  1. 4.370 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2593 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.830 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2598 days ago · 71 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005gpv. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC.