M4.6 earthquake 29 km ESE of Cañete, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 29 km ESE of Cañete, Chile on Sun, May 11, 1975, 5:47 PM GMT-4 (21:47 UTC), 14 km (9 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-11 21:47:03 UTC
- Depth
- 14.0 km (8.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.938° S, 73.103° 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
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.38 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18761 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.215 km SW of Angol, Chile · 18761 days ago · 80 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.734 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18760 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.132 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18759 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.018 km NNE of Traiguén, Chile · 18759 days ago · 39 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.744 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18758 days ago · 12 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile · 18751 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Lebu, Chile · 18750 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.825 km NNW of Traiguén, Chile · 18750 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.735 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18749 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.813 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18745 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.714 km SW of Cañete, Chile · 18744 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18720 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.16 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.312 km W of Collipulli, Chile · 18762 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.920 km SSW of Angol, Chile · 18762 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.05 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 39 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.630 km WSW of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.831 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.231 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 7.744 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000azz. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:14 AM UTC.