Chile earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 48 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Tue, Apr 9, 2019, 12:39 AM GMT-4 (04:39 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2019-04-09 04:39:49 UTC
Depth
19.1 km (11.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.933° S, 72.135° 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
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
3.8 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 338°, dip 21°, rake 75°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 174°, dip 69°, rake 96°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.5 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
49

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.452 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  2. 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2711 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  3. 4.457 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2709 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2682 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  5. 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 27 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  6. 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2675 days ago · 55 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 139
  7. 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2674 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 5.686 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 2732 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
  2. 4.171 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2741 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 4.337 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2746 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000kcrl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:52 AM UTC.