M5.0 earthquake 49 km W of Illapel, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 49 km W of Illapel, Chile on Sat, Oct 6, 1973, 3:43 AM GMT-3 (06:43 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 58 km W of Illapel, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-10-06 06:43:37 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.685° S, 71.684° 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.
- Stations used
- 33
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.455 km W of Illapel, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.952 km W of Illapel, Chile · 19344 days ago · 50 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.151 km WNW of Illapel, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.996 km W of Illapel, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.258 km W of Illapel, Chile · 19341 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.786 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 19340 days ago · 46 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.580 km WSW of Illapel, Chile · 19338 days ago · 69 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.857 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19311 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.634 km SW of Salamanca, Chile · 19303 days ago · 97 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003qm (also filed as iscgem755177). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.