M4.7 earthquake 35 km SE of Cañete, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 35 km SE of Cañete, Chile on Fri, May 23, 1975, 9:16 PM GMT-4 (01:16 UTC), 34 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 13 km S 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-24 01:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- 34.0 km (21.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.003° S, 73.078° 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
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.813 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18745 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.714 km SW of Cañete, Chile · 18744 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18720 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.032 km SSW of Lebu, Chile · 18701 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.855 km SW of Cañete, Chile · 18693 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 4.825 km NNW of Traiguén, Chile · 18750 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.644 km SSW of Lebu, Chile · 18750 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
- 5.0Near the coast of Bio-Bio, Chile · 18751 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.744 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18758 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.018 km NNE of Traiguén, Chile · 18759 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.132 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18759 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.734 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18760 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.215 km SW of Angol, Chile · 18761 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.38 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18761 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.629 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.16 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.312 km W of Collipulli, Chile · 18762 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.920 km SSW of Angol, Chile · 18762 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.05 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.630 km WSW of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.831 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.231 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 7.744 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000b5b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC.