M5.1 earthquake 34 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile on Fri, Oct 12, 1973, 1:09 AM GMT-3 (04:09 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-10-12 04:09:03 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.123° S, 71.987° 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
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.933 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19330 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.147 km NW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19323 days ago · 27 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.544 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19319 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.857 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19311 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.948 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19302 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.831 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19302 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 4.540 km SW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19340 days ago · 46 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.055 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19342 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.259 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.348 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.045 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.624 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.741 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19344 days ago · 35 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.942 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.845 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.554 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.435 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.453 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.543 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.458 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.7Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.335 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.444 km W of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.543 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.639 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 19345 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.05 km NW of Cartagena, Chile · 19345 days ago · 84 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00003tb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:52 AM UTC.