M4.2 earthquake 93 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 93 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile on Tue, Dec 13, 2011, 8:05 PM GMT-3 (23:05 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.1 24 km NNW of Tomé, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-12-13 23:05:20 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.041° S, 73.724° 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 usp000jc5n. 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
- 152°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.878 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5406 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 6.124 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5367 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 156
- 5.046 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile · 5367 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.423 km NW of Talcahuano, Chile · 5367 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.031 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5366 days ago · 40 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 12
- 4.711 km WNW of Talcahuano, Chile · 5354 days ago · 38 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 26
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jc5n. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC.