M4.1 earthquake 48 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Mon, Jul 8, 2019, 7:24 AM GMT-4 (11:24 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 70 km NNW of Valparaíso, 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 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-07-08 11:24:02 UTC
- Depth
- 25.7 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.884° S, 72.119° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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 5.7 km horizontally, 4.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70004enk. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:20 AM UTC.