M4.0 earthquake 18 km ENE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 18 km ENE of Chicureo Abajo, Chile on Wed, Nov 8, 2017, 4:34 PM GMT-3 (19:34 UTC), 105 km (65 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 63 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, 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
- 2017-11-08 19:34:15 UTC
- Depth
- 104.6 km (65.0 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 33.232° S, 70.463° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.279 km WSW of Mendoza, Argentina · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 11
- 4.663 km E of Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile · 3228 days ago · 120 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
- 4.438 km E of Los Andes, Chile · 3201 days ago · 107 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bkgu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.