M5.0 earthquake 19 km ESE of Limache, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Limache, Chile on Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 4:28 AM GMT-3 (07:28 UTC), 69 km (43 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 22 km NW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-03-24 07:28:33 UTC
- Depth
- 68.8 km (42.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.052° S, 71.063° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 443
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · 148 stations |
| 5.13 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (V) northwest to Canela, northeast to Salamanca, southeast to Paine and southwest to San Antonio; (IV) at Colina, Penaflor, Quilpue, Rancagua and Quintero; (III) at Buin, Illapel, Navidad, Pichilemu, San Fernando and Santa Cruz; (II) at Constitucion, Curico, Iloca, La Serena, Paredones and San Javier. Also felt at La Calera, Lampa and Limache. Felt (II) at Mendoza, Argentina.
From the USGS event page for usp000jgq9. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
443 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
- 43°
- Stations used
- 275
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.722 km NW of Hacienda La Calera, Chile · 5282 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.916 km SW of La Ligua, Chile · 5282 days ago · 40 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 22
- 3.838 km WSW of La Ligua, Chile · 5281 days ago · 25 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.150 km W of La Ligua, Chile · 5280 days ago · 31 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.146 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5270 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.327 km WNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5257 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.734 km N of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.641 km NNW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5252 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 7
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jgq9 (also filed as usc0008pgw, iscgem600819451). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC.