M5.2 earthquake 68 km WSW of Quellón, Chile
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 68 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 7:54 PM GMT-3 (22:54 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 5.2 (mwr), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-25 22:54:34 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.257° S, 74.443° 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.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Reverse (thrust)
- Moment magnitude
- 4.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 187°, dip 71°, rake 86°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 19°, dip 20°, rake 101°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 121
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3562 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3561 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3552 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3541 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3537 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3527 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3521 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
Before
- 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 4.065 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.364 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 283 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
- 4.6161 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3570 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mrf. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:49 AM UTC.