M4.4 earthquake 15 km WSW of Lebu, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 15 km WSW of Lebu, Chile on Mon, Oct 29, 2012, 11:22 AM GMT-3 (14:22 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 5 km SE 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
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-10-29 14:22:50 UTC
- Depth
- 20.1 km (12.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.678° S, 73.809° 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 usp000juqr. 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.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 27
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.427 km SE of Cañete, Chile · 5079 days ago · 38 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.627 km W of Nacimiento, Chile · 5079 days ago · 39 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 14
- 4.015 km W of Lebu, Chile · 5068 days ago · 21 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.759 km SSW of Cañete, Chile · 5068 days ago · 56 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.6102 km WSW of Lebu, Chile · 5033 days ago · 40 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.25 km SE of Arauco, Chile · 5030 days ago · 29 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 29
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000juqr. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.