M4.1 earthquake 71 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 71 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 7:53 AM GMT-3 (10:53 UTC), 41 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 11 km NNW of La Ligua, 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 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-03-29 10:53:16 UTC
- Depth
- 40.5 km (25.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.479° S, 72.014° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique reverse
- Moment magnitude
- 4.1 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 171°, dip 40°, rake 138°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 296°, dip 64°, rake 58°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 114°
- Stations used
- 55
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2732 days ago · 67 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2731 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.611 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.848 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2730 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2719 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2711 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
- 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2709 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2682 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000k70x. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.