M4.7 earthquake 41 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 41 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 10:07 AM GMT-4 (14:07 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.4 72 km W of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-29 14:07:13 UTC
- Depth
- 35.7 km (22.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.794° S, 71.575° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.3 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 150°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.417 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2691 days ago · 56 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 4.444 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2684 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.483 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2677 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2667 days ago · 48 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 6.472 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 34
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 4.473 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 2667 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2657 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 4.033 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2714 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.037 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2714 days ago · 60 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 4.344 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2721 days ago · 50 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.812 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2735 days ago · 62 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 4.835 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2738 days ago · 63 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 4.429 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2741 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003e09. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.