M4.2 earthquake 53 km NNW of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 53 km NNW of La Serena, Chile on Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 3:29 AM GMT-4 (07:29 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 64 km NNE 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
- 4.2 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-26 07:29:48 UTC
- Depth
- 39.1 km (24.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.439° S, 71.388° 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 7.8 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 183°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.064 km NNE of La Serena, Chile · 2653 days ago · 78 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 17
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2652 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2625 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.975 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2605 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2603 days ago · 30 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.272 km NE of La Serena, Chile · 2601 days ago · 76 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.590 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 4.471 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2666 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2668 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 34
- 4.339 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2668 days ago · 60 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.426 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2680 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000456w. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:13 PM UTC.