M4.5 earthquake 120 km NW of Tomé, Chile
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 120 km NW of Tomé, Chile on Thu, Dec 27, 2012, 1:27 AM GMT-3 (04:27 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 76 km WNW of Cauquenes, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2012-12-27 04:27:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.832° S, 73.880° 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 usp000jxf9. 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
- 116°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.876 km WNW of Cauquenes, Chile · 5022 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.455 km WSW of Constitución, Chile · 4990 days ago · 42 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.7103 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 4984 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 4.7116 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5028 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.7105 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5028 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.4114 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5028 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.384 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile · 5028 days ago · 37 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.487 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 5028 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.793 km WNW of Quirihue, Chile · 5028 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.1110 km NW of Tomé, Chile · 5028 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.292 km NNW of Tomé, Chile · 5028 days ago · 35 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.984 km NW of Quirihue, Chile · 5029 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000jxf9. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:07 PM UTC.