M4.4 earthquake 11 km SSE of Ovalle, Chile

Magnitude

4.4 (mb), light

Local time

Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 5:25 PM GMT-3

UTC

2019-01-29 20:25:34 UTC

Depth

74.2 km (46.1 mi), intermediate-depth

Epicenter

30.698° S, 71.162° W

Region

Chile

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 5.0 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.22

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

111°

Stations used

43

• Ovalle, ChilePopulation 77,138. Forecast11 kmSSE
• Coquimbo, ChilePopulation 161,317. Forecast85 kmSSE
• Santiago, ChilePopulation 4,837,295. Forecast311 kmN

After

1. 4.867 km WNW of Illapel, ChileSat, Feb 2, 11:56 PM GMT-3 · 2797 days ago · 27 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
2. 4.5Near the coast of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Feb 15, 4:00 AM GMT-3 · 2785 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
3. 4.534 km N of Illapel, ChileFri, Feb 22, 2:12 AM GMT-3 · 2778 days ago · 91 km deep · 70 km away
4. 4.56 km S of Monte Patria, ChileFri, Feb 22, 6:25 AM GMT-3 · 2777 days ago · 88 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
5. 4.926 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Feb 26, 5:47 AM GMT-3 · 2773 days ago · 47 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 14
6. 5.041 km W of Ovalle, ChileFri, Mar 1, 7:43 PM GMT-3 · 2770 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
7. 4.314 km S of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Mar 7, 3:34 AM GMT-3 · 2765 days ago · 67 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
8. 4.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Mar 8, 11:16 PM GMT-3 · 2763 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
9. 4.422 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileSat, Mar 9, 12:22 PM GMT-3 · 2762 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
10. 3.630 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Mar 9, 2:06 PM GMT-3 · 2762 days ago · 46 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
11. 4.263 km W of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 8:53 AM GMT-3 · 2758 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
12. 4.033 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileWed, Mar 13, 6:46 PM GMT-3 · 2758 days ago · 41 km deep · 36 km away
13. 4.027 km SSE of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Mar 18, 8:56 PM GMT-3 · 2753 days ago · 69 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1

Before

1. 4.421 km WSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 26, 4:48 AM GMT-3 · 2804 days ago · 58 km deep · 80 km away
2. 4.629 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileFri, Jan 25, 5:29 AM GMT-3 · 2805 days ago · 64 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
3. 5.118 km S of Coquimbo, ChileThu, Jan 24, 7:28 AM GMT-3 · 2806 days ago · 58 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 19
4. 4.830 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 22, 1:19 PM GMT-3 · 2808 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
5. 4.840 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileTue, Jan 22, 10:44 AM GMT-3 · 2808 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
6. 4.620 km SW of Coquimbo, ChileMon, Jan 21, 9:41 PM GMT-3 · 2809 days ago · 50 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
7. 4.020 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 4:39 AM GMT-3 · 2810 days ago · 63 km deep · 64 km away
8. 4.416 km S of Coquimbo, ChileSun, Jan 20, 1:59 AM GMT-3 · 2811 days ago · 61 km deep · 69 km away
9. 4.315 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 11:36 PM GMT-3 · 2811 days ago · 59 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
10. 6.710 km SSW of Coquimbo, ChileSat, Jan 19, 10:32 PM GMT-3 · 2811 days ago · 63 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 790 · PAGER orange · tsunami flag
11. 4.642 km WSW of Ovalle, ChileFri, Jan 18, 12:02 PM GMT-3 · 2812 days ago · 62 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ja5n. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC.