M4.6 earthquake 37 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 37 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile on Tue, Jan 31, 2012, 10:08 AM GMT-3 (13:08 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 39 km W of San Antonio, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-01-31 13:08:04 UTC
- Depth
- 36.8 km (22.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.751° S, 71.970° 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 usp000je7a. 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
- 160°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.567 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5341 days ago · 29 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 4.515 km WSW of Valparaíso, Chile · 5336 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.739 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 5313 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 19
- 4.071 km W of Cartagena, Chile · 5313 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000je7a. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC.