Chile earthquakes

M4.5 earthquake 12 km WNW of Coronel, Chile

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 12 km WNW of Coronel, Chile on Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 11:46 PM GMT-3 (02:46 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 62 km NW of Arauco, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-03-27 02:46:12 UTC
Depth
22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.002° S, 73.275° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
9
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Concepcion, La Laja and Talcahuano; (III) at Cauquenes, Los Angeles and San Pedro de la Paz; (II) at San Javier. Also felt at Arauco.

From the USGS event page for usp000jgux. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.762 km NW of Arauco, Chile · 5292 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 4.429 km NW of Lebu, Chile · 5290 days ago · 44 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 4.144 km WNW of Coronel, Chile · 5288 days ago · 18 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 4.354 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5282 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 4.017 km WSW of Quirihue, Chile · 5277 days ago · 63 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.446 km NNW of Lebu, Chile · 5258 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 4.210 km ESE of Lebu, Chile · 5242 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 4.743 km WNW of Coronel, Chile · 5313 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jgux (also filed as usc0008qrg). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.