M4.3 earthquake 11 km SSW of Rancagua, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Rancagua, Chile on Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 10:56 AM GMT-3 (13:56 UTC), 95 km (59 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-11 13:56:12 UTC
- Depth
- 94.8 km (58.9 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 34.268° S, 70.793° 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 5.8 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.113 km W of Paine, Chile · 2764 days ago · 82 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 4.618 km SSE of Machalí, Chile · 2764 days ago · 105 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 4.3Region Metropolitana, Chile · 2734 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 us2000jgaf. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.