M4.4 earthquake 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 66 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile on Sun, Sep 15, 2019, 1:56 PM GMT-3 (16:56 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 29 km SW of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-15 16:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 12.4 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.251° S, 71.893° 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 5.5 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.446 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2552 days ago · 57 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
- 4.667 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2534 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2534 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.530 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2526 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
- 4.284 km W of Illapel, Chile · 2524 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 6.129 km SW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 294 · PAGER yellow
- 4.041 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2522 days ago · 35 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
- 4.340 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2515 days ago · 57 km deep · 59 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005gpy. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:40 AM UTC.