M4.3 earthquake Maule, Chile
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck in Maule, Chile on Wed, May 16, 2012, 6:15 AM GMT-4 (10:15 UTC), 118 km (73 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.0 86 km ESE of Colbún, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-05-16 10:15:36 UTC
- Depth
- 118.2 km (73.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.528° S, 71.312° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (II) at Curico, Molina and Talca.
From the USGS event page for usp000jkg8. 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
- 123°
- Stations used
- 11
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.086 km ESE of Colbún, Chile · 5230 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 71
- 5.048 km SE of Colbún, Chile · 5229 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.527 km SE of Constitución, Chile · 5215 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.55 km SSW of Talca, Chile · 5211 days ago · 84 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
- 4.533 km ENE of Constitución, Chile · 5198 days ago · 50 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.853 km SE of Colbún, Chile · 5192 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jkg8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.