M4.9 earthquake 129 km WSW of Lebu, Chile
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 129 km WSW of Lebu, Chile on Wed, Dec 28, 2011, 4:54 PM GMT-3 (19:54 UTC), 36 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 134 km WSW of Lebu, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-12-28 19:54:24 UTC
- Depth
- 36.1 km (22.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.941° S, 75.060° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for usp000jcsd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 61
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0134 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5384 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.688 km SW of Lebu, Chile · 5381 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.332 km SW of Lebu, Chile · 5367 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.2112 km W of Carahue, Chile · 5355 days ago · 35 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.9120 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5352 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jcsd. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:29 AM UTC.