M4.1 earthquake 13 km W of Paine, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 13 km W of Paine, Chile on Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 11:22 AM GMT-3 (14:22 UTC), 82 km (51 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 18 km SSE of Machalí, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-11 14:22:17 UTC
- Depth
- 82.3 km (51.1 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.830° S, 70.882° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.618 km SSE of Machalí, Chile · 2763 days ago · 105 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3Region Metropolitana, Chile · 2733 days ago · 109 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000jdkm. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.