M4.3 earthquake 93 km W of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 93 km W of San Antonio, Chile on Sun, Apr 7, 2019, 8:20 AM GMT-4 (12:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 52 km WNW of Cartagena, 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), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-07 12:20:45 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.743° S, 72.605° 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 III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.1 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 50
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
- 4.452 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 4.058 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 2694 days ago · 20 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2682 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000kbt0. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC.