Chile earthquakes

M4.4 earthquake 114 km NW of Tomé, Chile

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 114 km NW of Tomé, Chile on Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 11:08 PM GMT-3 (02:08 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 76 km WNW of Cauquenes, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2012-12-27 02:08:27 UTC
Depth
29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.769° S, 73.675° 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 usp000jxf3. 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
152°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.7105 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5029 days ago · 38 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 4.7116 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5029 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.5120 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5029 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 4.876 km WNW of Cauquenes, Chile · 5023 days ago · 32 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.455 km WSW of Constitución, Chile · 4991 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 4.7103 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 4984 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 4.384 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile · 5029 days ago · 37 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 4.487 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 5029 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 4.793 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile · 5029 days ago · 38 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 4.1110 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5029 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 4.292 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5029 days ago · 35 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 5.984 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 5029 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  7. 4.339 km SW of Constitución, Chile · 5054 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jxf3. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.