M4.0 earthquake 27 km NNW of Melipilla, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of Melipilla, Chile on Mon, Mar 4, 2019, 1:18 AM GMT-3 (04:18 UTC), 62 km (39 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 52 km WNW of Cartagena, 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 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-04 04:18:14 UTC
- Depth
- 62.4 km (38.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.445° S, 71.275° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 91°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.113 km W of Paine, Chile · 2763 days ago · 82 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.337 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2751 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 3.848 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2735 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.452 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 2734 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jasc. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC.