M4.3 earthquake 97 km NW of Vallenar, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 97 km NW of Vallenar, Chile on Sun, Dec 22, 2019, 8:31 AM GMT-3 (11:31 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 82 km W of Vallenar, 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
- 2019-12-22 11:31:06 UTC
- Depth
- 18.4 km (11.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 27.859° S, 71.327° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.582 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2475 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.4100 km WNW of Copiapó, Chile · 2461 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.558 km W of Vallenar, Chile · 2450 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006psu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.