Chile earthquakes

M4.2 earthquake 78 km WSW of Quellón, Chile

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 78 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 9:12 PM GMT-3 (00:12 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 76 km WSW of Quellón, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.2 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
2016-12-26 00:12:28 UTC
Depth
10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.280° S, 74.558° W
Region
Chile
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.6 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3560 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3559 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3557 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  12. 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3554 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3542 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3539 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3529 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3522 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  9. 4.065 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 4.364 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  12. 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 38 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 283 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  13. 4.6161 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3572 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007mrx. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC.