M5.0 earthquake 64 km NNE of La Serena, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 64 km NNE of La Serena, Chile on Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 4:30 AM GMT-4 (08:30 UTC), 78 km (49 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (Mww, W-phase moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-28 08:30:42 UTC
- Depth
- 78.3 km (48.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 29.360° S, 71.024° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 17
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | Mww, W-phase moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.069 · 20 stations |
| 5.0 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 4.9 | Mwr, regional moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Moment tensor · Reviewed |
Did you feel it?
17 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 5.0 Mww
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 313°, dip 77°, rake 12°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 220°, dip 78°, rake 167°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 99
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2652 days ago · 58 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
- 4.191 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2624 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2603 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.272 km NE of La Serena, Chile · 2600 days ago · 76 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.590 km WSW of Vallenar, Chile · 2599 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700046ge (also filed as iscgem615979915). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:59 PM UTC.