Chile earthquakes

M5.2 earthquake 57 km SW of San Antonio, Chile

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 57 km SW of San Antonio, Chile on Mon, Feb 18, 2013, 7:00 AM GMT-3 (10:00 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Mon, Feb 18, 2013, 7:00 AM GMT-3
UTC: 2013-02-18 10:00:11 UTC
Depth: 25.4 km (15.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.954° S, 72.051° W
Region: Chile
Felt reports: 15
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
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 142 stations
5.44	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at El Tabo, Navidad, Pichilemu and Santa Cruz; (III) at Constitucion, Curico, Linares, San Antonio, Santo Domingo, Talca, Valparaiso, Villa Alegre and Vina del Mar; (II) at Hualane, Iloca, Parral, Rancagua, San Fernando and Villa Alemana.

From the USGS event page for usc000f9mg. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from: CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Station coverage gap: 49°
Stations used: 241

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000f9mg (also filed as iscgem602446074). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC.