M4.1 earthquake 21 km WSW of Lebu, Chile
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 21 km WSW of Lebu, Chile on Wed, Jun 20, 2012, 11:34 PM GMT-4 (03:34 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 28 km SSE of Cañete, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.1 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-06-21 03:34:45 UTC
- Depth
- 29.1 km (18.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.702° S, 73.870° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Canete, Lebu and Tirua and (II) at Concepcion, Hualpen and Talcahuano.
From the USGS event page for usp000jn0z. 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
- 200°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6110 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5212 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.6104 km W of Lebu, Chile · 5211 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.728 km SSE of Cañete, Chile · 5203 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 99
- 4.637 km W of Lebu, Chile · 5203 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.321 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5198 days ago · 30 km deep · 0 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jn0z. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.