M4.5 earthquake 38 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 38 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 9:02 PM GMT-4 (01:02 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 57 km SSW 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-13 01:02:23 UTC
- Depth
- 47.0 km (29.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.828° S, 71.508° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.170 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2631 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.350 km NNE of Salamanca, Chile · 2628 days ago · 105 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.475 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2619 days ago · 30 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2601 days ago · 30 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.857 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2594 days ago · 60 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 8
- 4.431 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2578 days ago · 35 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.032 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2576 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
Before
- 4.6Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 2637 days ago · 50 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 4.022 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2647 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.533 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2649 days ago · 41 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 4.526 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2650 days ago · 58 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
- 4.448 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 2655 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.579 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2665 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 5.024 km NW of Ovalle, Chile · 2665 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004jeb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:47 AM UTC.