M5.0 earthquake 110 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 110 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile on Mon, Apr 2, 2012, 11:11 PM GMT-3 (02:11 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.
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
- 2012-04-03 02:11:03 UTC
- Depth
- 31.6 km (19.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.847° S, 72.757° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 8
- 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 · 95 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 (III) at Linares, Lolol, Longavi, Paredones, Parral, Pichilemu, Rancagua, San Antonio, Talca and Villa Alegre; (II) at Cauquenes, Constitucion, Navidad, Pencahue, San Fernando, Santa Cruz, Valparaiso and Villa Alemana. Also felt at Calera, Santiago and Vina del Mar.
From the USGS event page for usp000jh5y. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 166
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.181 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 5283 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.7119 km NW of Constitución, Chile · 5258 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jh5y (also filed as usc0008uv9, iscgem600847130). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC.