M4.6 earthquake 92 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 92 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Sun, Oct 27, 2019, 5:33 AM GMT-3 (08:33 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 68 km W of Vallenar, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-27 08:33:52 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.198° S, 71.757° 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 4.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 65
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.1100 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2526 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.38 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2507 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 4.768 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2501 days ago · 23 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 4.321 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2492 days ago · 46 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.582 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2474 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us600063iz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.