Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 50 km W of Rauco, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 50 km W of Rauco, Chile on Sat, May 12, 2012, 1:27 AM GMT-4 (05:27 UTC), 44 km (27 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 57 km NW of Santa Cruz, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-05-12 05:27:36 UTC
Depth
44.0 km (27.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.896° S, 71.864° 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 Chepica, Curico, Duao, Iloca, Molina and Talca; (II) at Lolol, Maule, Pelarco, Romeral, San Fernando, San Javier and Santa Cruz.

From the USGS event page for usp000jkbb. 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
141°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.3Maule, Chile · 5251 days ago · 118 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 4.557 km NW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5236 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 4.159 km NNW of Constitución, Chile · 5220 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 4.527 km SE of Constitución, Chile · 5215 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 4.251 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5214 days ago · 47 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 4.55 km SSW of Talca, Chile · 5211 days ago · 84 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  7. 4.095 km NNW of Constitución, Chile · 5202 days ago · 39 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 4.533 km ENE of Constitución, Chile · 5198 days ago · 50 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 4.733 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5270 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  2. 4.740 km NNW of Talca, Chile · 5270 days ago · 43 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
  3. 4.738 km ENE of Constitución, Chile · 5285 days ago · 40 km deep · 38 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jkbb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC.