M4.7 earthquake 28 km SSE of Cañete, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Cañete, Chile on Wed, Jul 4, 2012, 4:33 AM GMT-4 (08:33 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 8 km NW of Arauco, 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, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-07-04 08:33:05 UTC
- Depth
- 32.7 km (20.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.040° S, 73.288° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 99
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 184 stations |
| 5.11 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (V) at Angol, Collipulli, Ercilla, Lautaro, Nueva Imperial, Padre Las Casas, Renaico and Temuco; (IV) at Canete, Carahue, Cholochol, Curacautin, La Laja, Lebu, Los Angeles, Nacimiento, Negrete, Puerto Saavedra and San Rosendo; (III) at Arauco, Chiguayante, Concepcion, Mulchen, San Pedro de la Paz, Talcahuano, Tirua and Yumbel.
From the USGS event page for usp000jnkf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
99 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 272
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.637 km W of Lebu, Chile · 5203 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.321 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5198 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.08 km NW of Arauco, Chile · 5147 days ago · 23 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jnkf (also filed as usb000ay35, iscgem601237354). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.