Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 74 km WSW of Quellón, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 74 km WSW of Quellón, Chile on Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 9:43 PM GMT-3 (00:43 UTC), 21 km (13 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
4.1 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2016-12-26 00:43:28 UTC
Depth
21.4 km (13.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.336° S, 74.487° 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.

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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
4.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 20°, dip 42°, rake 110°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 174°, dip 51°, rake 73°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.0 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
58

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  3. 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 30 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3563 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3562 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 4.168 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3562 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3559 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3556 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  11. 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3553 days ago · 25 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3541 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3538 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3528 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3521 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  2. 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 16 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  10. 4.065 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.364 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  13. 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 38 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 283 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag
  14. 4.6161 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3570 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away

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