M4.7 earthquake 38 km ESE of Paine, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 38 km ESE of Paine, Chile on Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 5:27 PM GMT-3 (20:27 UTC), 103 km (64 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (Mwr, regional moment), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-01-21 20:27:35 UTC
- Depth
- 103.4 km (64.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.908° S, 70.341° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 4.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 357°, dip 80°, rake -117°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 249°, dip 28°, rake -21°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.6 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.529 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile · 2809 days ago · 103 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 4.311 km SSW of Rancagua, Chile · 2792 days ago · 95 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.053 km ENE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile · 2773 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.113 km W of Paine, Chile · 2764 days ago · 82 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 4.618 km SSE of Machalí, Chile · 2764 days ago · 105 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000j6xi. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.