M4.3 earthquake 70 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 70 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile on Sun, Aug 25, 2019, 6:48 AM GMT-4 (10:48 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 66 km WNW 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
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-08-25 10:48:11 UTC
- Depth
- 14.2 km (8.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.505° S, 72.038° 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 5.7 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.24
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- Stations used
- 37
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.054 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2575 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.466 km WNW of La Ligua, Chile · 2575 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.446 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 2555 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us700057z3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC.