Chile earthquakes

M4.1 earthquake 68 km W of Quellón, Chile

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 68 km W of Quellón, Chile on Wed, Dec 28, 2016, 8:51 PM GMT-3 (23:51 UTC), 19 km (12 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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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.1 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-12-28 23:51:54 UTC
Depth
19.4 km (12.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.139° S, 74.459° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (III) at Castro and Quellon.

From the USGS event page for us10007nfi. 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.

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 8°, dip 38°, rake 86°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 193°, dip 52°, rake 93°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
180°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 21 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.966 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3560 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.280 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3560 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 5.576 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3558 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
  4. 4.149 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3555 days ago · 25 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.552 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3543 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 4.152 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3540 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.978 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3530 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3523 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 4.270 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3506 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 4.164 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3564 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 3.978 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 4.556 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.849 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3565 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 4.763 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  6. 4.370 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3566 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.174 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 4.278 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  9. 5.268 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 4.186 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.1100 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 4.574 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.585 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 4.169 km W of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 4.156 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 16 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 4.471 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  17. 4.065 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 4.364 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 5.680 km WSW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  20. 7.641 km SW of Quellón, Chile · 3567 days ago · 38 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 283 · PAGER yellow · tsunami flag

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007nfi. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC.