M4.3 earthquake 46 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 46 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Wed, Sep 18, 2019, 10:58 PM GMT-3 (01:58 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 88 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-09-19 01:58:45 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.716° S, 71.671° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.398 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2546 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.517 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2535 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.667 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2533 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2533 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2523 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 4.491 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2570 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.032 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2576 days ago · 43 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.431 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2577 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.857 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2594 days ago · 60 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60005krh. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.