M4.7 earthquake 89 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 89 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile on Thu, Oct 11, 2012, 1:38 AM GMT-3 (04:38 UTC), 35 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 45 km SSW 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
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-10-11 04:38:24 UTC
- Depth
- 34.6 km (21.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.996° S, 72.442° 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 usp000jtuq. 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
- 114°
- Stations used
- 78
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.293 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 5104 days ago · 43 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.577 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5102 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.249 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5098 days ago · 43 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.437 km W of San Antonio, Chile · 5088 days ago · 47 km deep · 56 km away
- 4.663 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5074 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 4.868 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5074 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 4.474 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5073 days ago · 38 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.2Off the coast of Valparaiso, Chile · 5065 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 5.163 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5065 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 9
- 5.469 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 5064 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 28
- 5.158 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5063 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 19
- 5.945 km SSW of San Antonio, Chile · 5063 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 73
- 4.279 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5063 days ago · 35 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.250 km SW of San Antonio, Chile · 5063 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
Before
- 4.694 km WSW of San Antonio, Chile · 5105 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 4.149 km S of San Antonio, Chile · 5105 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.259 km NNW of Constitución, Chile · 5110 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.558 km WNW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 5125 days ago · 60 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.591 km NNW of Constitución, Chile · 5131 days ago · 26 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.778 km N of Constitución, Chile · 5131 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jtuq. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:16 PM UTC.