M4.5 earthquake 17 km SW of Ovalle, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Ovalle, Chile on Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 9:02 AM GMT-3 (12:02 UTC), 47 km (29 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-10-21 12:02:43 UTC
- Depth
- 46.5 km (28.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.710° S, 71.333° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 40
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.667 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2536 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.173 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 2536 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.288 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 2526 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 4.38 km NNW of La Serena, Chile · 2508 days ago · 56 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.37 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 2480 days ago · 45 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70005wpj. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:15 AM UTC.