Chile earthquakes

M4.9 earthquake 33 km SSW of Illapel, Chile

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 33 km SSW of Illapel, Chile on Sun, Apr 1, 2012, 4:09 PM GMT-3 (19:09 UTC), 65 km (40 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.7 22 km NW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Apr 1, 2012, 4:09 PM GMT-3
UTC: 2012-04-01 19:09:57 UTC
Depth: 65.0 km (40.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 31.908° S, 71.322° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 13
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Illapel and Los Vilos; (III) at Canela, Combarbala, Monte Patria, Ovalle, Puchuncavi, Quillota, Salamanca and Zapallar; (II) at Lampa, Rancagua, Rio Hurtado, San Antonio, Santiago, Tiltil and Valparaiso. Also felt at Cabildo.

From the USGS event page for usp000jh3v. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 95°
Stations used: 67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jh3v (also filed as usc0008tyl). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.