M4.0 earthquake 65 km WSW of Quellón, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 65 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 12:21 PM GMT-3 (15:21 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 76 km WSW of Quellón, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-25 15:21:08 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.237° S, 74.400° W
- Region
- Chile
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.1 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 147°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3561 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3560 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3555 days ago · 25 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3540 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3530 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3523 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 4.364 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 38 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 283 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.6161 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3572 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
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