M3.8 earthquake 6 km SSE of Talca, Chile
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Talca, Chile on Tue, Apr 23, 2013, 9:21 AM GMT-3 (12:21 UTC), 78 km (48 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.8 23 km ESE of Longaví, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-04-23 12:21:36 UTC
- Depth
- 77.9 km (48.4 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 35.480° S, 71.633° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (IV) at Talca, (III) at Linares and (II) at Pelarco, Pencahue and San Clemente.
From the USGS event page for usp000k0dd. 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
- 100°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.260 km NE of Constitución, Chile · 4906 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.340 km WSW of Santa Cruz, Chile · 4894 days ago · 39 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.823 km ESE of Longaví, Chile · 4878 days ago · 120 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
- 4.740 km W of Santa Cruz, Chile · 4870 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 4.49 km WSW of San Clemente, Chile · 4864 days ago · 114 km deep · 10 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000k0dd. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:34 PM UTC.