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M4.8 earthquake 51 km SW of San Antonio, Chile

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 51 km SW of San Antonio, Chile on Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 2:08 AM GMT-3 (05:08 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.4 46 km WNW of Cartagena, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Dec 24, 2012, 2:08 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2012-12-24 05:08:37 UTC
Depth: 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.971° S, 71.937° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 10
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at El Monte, Isla de Maipo, Marchihue, Maria Pinto, Melipilla, Navidad, Paredones, Pichilemu, Santo Domingo and Villa Alhue; (II) at El Parral, El Tabo, Padre Hurtado, Rancagua, San Antonio, San Pedro, Santiago and Talca. Also felt at Conchali, Renca, Vitacura and Vina del Mar.

From the USGS event page for usp000jxbf. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap: 115°
Stations used: 112

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jxbf (also filed as usc000efg7). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC.