M4.0 earthquake 51 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 51 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 8:32 PM GMT-4 (00:32 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 68 km NNW of La Serena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-11 00:32:23 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.476° S, 71.446° 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, 9.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 136°
- Stations used
- 46
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.668 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2725 days ago · 54 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 30
- 4.635 km NNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2718 days ago · 41 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.037 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2716 days ago · 60 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 4.033 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2715 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.131 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2709 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2681 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2737 days ago · 62 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2739 days ago · 63 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
- 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2742 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2756 days ago · 69 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 4.572 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2757 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.228 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 12
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000346y. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.