Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 32 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile on Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 3:33 PM GMT-3 (18:33 UTC), 43 km (26 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 10 km N of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2019-09-10 18:33:01 UTC
Depth
42.5 km (26.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.695° S, 71.522° 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 II, weak 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 14°, dip 41°, rake 114°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 163°, dip 53°, rake 71°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.2 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.491 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2572 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 4.346 km WSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2570 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 5.410 km N of Coquimbo, Chile · 2562 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 53
  4. 4.398 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2548 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 4.517 km SW of Ovalle, Chile · 2537 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 4.667 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2535 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2535 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2525 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3

Before

  1. 4.431 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2579 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 4.857 km SSW of Ovalle, Chile · 2596 days ago · 60 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 8
  3. 4.333 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 2603 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005eb3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:01 PM UTC.