M4.4 earthquake 57 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 57 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Apr 29, 2019, 6:24 PM GMT-4 (22:24 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 19 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-04-29 22:24:16 UTC
- Depth
- 18.4 km (11.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.592° S, 71.941° 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 4.7 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.440 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 2681 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 4.365 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2675 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 4.719 km WNW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 2675 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 139
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2674 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 4.336 km WSW of Salamanca, Chile · 2668 days ago · 50 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
Before
- 4.684 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2711 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 7
- 4.178 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2719 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.452 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile · 2730 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.848 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 2730 days ago · 19 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.611 km NNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2730 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.270 km NW of La Ligua, Chile · 2731 days ago · 31 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.577 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 2732 days ago · 67 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003eb3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:49 AM UTC.