M4.3 earthquake 12 km W of Collipulli, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 12 km W of Collipulli, Chile on Sun, May 11, 1975, 7:47 AM GMT-4 (11:47 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 29 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1975-05-11 11:47:24 UTC
- Depth
- 38.0 km (23.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.949° S, 72.580° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.16 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.629 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.38 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18761 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.215 km SW of Angol, Chile · 18761 days ago · 80 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.734 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18760 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.132 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18760 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.018 km NNE of Traiguén, Chile · 18759 days ago · 39 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.744 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18758 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.825 km NNW of Traiguén, Chile · 18750 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.735 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 18750 days ago · 34 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.813 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18745 days ago · 24 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.714 km SW of Cañete, Chile · 18744 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.634 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18721 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.920 km SSW of Angol, Chile · 18762 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.05 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.630 km WSW of Cañete, Chile · 18762 days ago · 17 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.831 km S of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 35 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.231 km ESE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 7.744 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 18763 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000azr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.