Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 6 km S of Monte Patria, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 6 km S of Monte Patria, Chile on Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 6:25 AM GMT-3 (09:25 UTC), 88 km (55 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 41 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2019-02-22 09:25:59 UTC
Depth
88.4 km (54.9 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
30.750° S, 70.953° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
4.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 288°, dip 84°, rake -22°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 20°, dip 68°, rake -174°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.7 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2771 days ago · 47 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 14
  2. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2767 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  3. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2762 days ago · 67 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  5. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2760 days ago · 48 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2760 days ago · 46 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  7. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2756 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2755 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 2750 days ago · 69 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2736 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2734 days ago · 63 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  12. 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2731 days ago · 62 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  13. 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2717 days ago · 50 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 4.534 km N of Illapel, Chile · 2775 days ago · 91 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2782 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.411 km SSE of Ovalle, Chile · 2798 days ago · 74 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2802 days ago · 58 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2803 days ago · 64 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  6. 5.118 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2804 days ago · 58 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 19

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jler. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.