M4.2 earthquake 15 km SW of Angol, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Angol, Chile on Mon, May 12, 1975, 11:34 AM GMT-4 (15:34 UTC), 80 km (50 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 34 km SSE of Cañete, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-12 15:34:01 UTC
- Depth
- 80.0 km (49.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 37.889° S, 72.847° 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
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.734 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.132 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18761 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.018 km NNE of Traiguén, Chile · 18761 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.744 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18760 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile · 18753 days ago · 33 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Lebu, Chile · 18752 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.825 km NNW of Traiguén, Chile · 18752 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.735 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18751 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.813 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18747 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.714 km SW of Cañete, Chile · 18746 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18722 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.032 km SSW of Lebu, Chile · 18703 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 4.38 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 24 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.629 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18764 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.16 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18764 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.312 km W of Collipulli, Chile · 18764 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.920 km SSW of Angol, Chile · 18764 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.05 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18764 days ago · 39 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.630 km WSW of Cañete, Chile · 18764 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.831 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18765 days ago · 35 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.231 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18765 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 7.744 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18765 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000b0d. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.